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