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;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
- The piercing Star!
The star of piercing brightness;
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created of water pouring forth,
خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And the earth splitting (with plants);
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
It is no pleasantry.
And it is no joke.
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Surely they will make a scheme,
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I (too) will make a scheme.
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
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.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا