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 - Visitant (therein); -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will explain to thee what the Night - Visitant is? -
وما أدراك ما الطارق
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
- The piercing Star!
(It is) the Star of piercing brightness; -
النجم الثاقب
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is no soul but has a protector over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
So let man consider from what he is created.
Now let man but think from what he is created!
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created from a drop emitted -
خلق من ماء دافق
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!
إنه على رجعه لقادر
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,
يوم تبلى السرائر
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
(Man) will have no power, and no helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
والسماء ذات الرجع
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), -
والأرض ذات الصدع
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):
إنه لقول فصل
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
It is no pleasantry.
It is not a thing for amusement.
وما هو بالهزل
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I am planning a scheme.
وأكيد كيدا
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا