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