Chapter 86, 17 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
Waalssamai waalttariqi
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وما أدراك ما الطارق
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
Yawma tubla alssarairu
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
Innahu laqawlun faslun
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
Wama huwa bialhazli
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
Waakeedu kaydan
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan