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 -
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
- The piercing Star!
It is the piercing star -
The star of piercing brightness;
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man observe from what he was created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created of water pouring forth,
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth splitting (with plants);
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
And it is no joke.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Surely they will make a scheme,
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
And I (too) will make a scheme.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.