Al Tariq

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star

1 I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;

2 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

2 And what will make you know what the comer by night is?

3 - The piercing Star!

3 The star of piercing brightness;

4 No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

4 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.

5 So let man consider from what he is created.

5 So let man consider of what he is created:

6 He is created from a gushing fluid

6 He is created of water pouring forth,

7 That issued from between the loins and ribs.

7 Coming from between the back and the ribs.

8 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

8 Most surely He is able to return him (to life).

9 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

9 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,

10 Then will he have no might nor any helper.

10 He shall have neither strength nor helper.

11 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

11 I swear by the raingiving heavens,

12 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

12 And the earth splitting (with plants);

13 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

13 Most surely it is a decisive word,

14 It is no pleasantry.

14 And it is no joke.

15 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

15 Surely they will make a scheme,

16 And I plot a plot (against them).

16 And I (too) will make a scheme.

17 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

17 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.