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 -
By the Sky and the Night - Visitant (therein); -
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
And what will explain to thee what the Night - Visitant is? -
- The piercing Star!
It is the piercing star -
(It is) 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 no soul but has a protector over it.
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man observe from what he was created.
Now let man but think from what he is created!
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created from a drop emitted -
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
(Man) will have no power, and no helper.
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), -
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
It is not a thing for amusement.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
And I am planning 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.
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).