Chapter 86, 17 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer -
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
- The piercing Star!
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star -
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
So let man consider from what he is created.
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.
He is created from a gushing fluid
خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Then man will have no power or any helper.
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
By the sky which returns [rain]
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
It is no pleasantry.
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
And it is not amusement.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
And I plot a plot (against them).
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
But I am planning a plan.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.