Chapter 86, 17 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
By the sky and the night comer -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
Waalssamai waalttariqi
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
وما أدراك ما الطارق
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
- The piercing Star!
It is the piercing star -
النجم الثاقب
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man observe from what he was created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
خلق من ماء دافق
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
يوم تبلى السرائر
Yawma tubla alssarairu
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
والسماء ذات الرجع
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
والأرض ذات الصدع
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
إنه لقول فصل
Innahu laqawlun faslun
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
وما هو بالهزل
Wama huwa bialhazli
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
وأكيد كيدا
Waakeedu kaydan
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan