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
- 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
- The piercing Star!
It is the piercing star -
النجم الثاقب
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
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man observe from what he was created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
خلق من ماء دافق
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
إنه على رجعه لقادر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
يوم تبلى السرائر
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
والسماء ذات الرجع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
والأرض ذات الصدع
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
إنه لقول فصل
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
وما هو بالهزل
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
وأكيد كيدا
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