Chapter 86, 17 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
Waalssamai waalttariqi
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
- The piercing Star!
The star of piercing brightness;
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created of water pouring forth,
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
Yawma tubla alssarairu
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And the earth splitting (with plants);
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Innahu laqawlun faslun
It is no pleasantry.
And it is no joke.
Wama huwa bialhazli
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Surely they will make a scheme,
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I (too) will make a scheme.
Waakeedu kaydan
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan