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
By the Sky and the Night - Visitant (therein); -
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وما أدراك ما الطارق
And what will explain to thee what the Night - Visitant is? -
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
(It is) the Star of piercing brightness; -
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
There is no soul but has a protector over it.
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
Now let man but think from what he is created!
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a drop emitted -
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
(Man) will have no power, and no helper.
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), -
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
It is not a thing for amusement.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
And I am planning a scheme.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).