Chapter 86, 17 verses
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
وما أدراك ما الطارق
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
The star of piercing brightness;
النجم الثاقب
- The piercing Star!
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
So let man consider of what he is created:
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man consider from what he is created.
He is created of water pouring forth,
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a gushing fluid
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
يوم تبلى السرائر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
And the earth splitting (with plants);
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
Most surely it is a decisive word,
إنه لقول فصل
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
And it is no joke.
وما هو بالهزل
It is no pleasantry.
Surely they will make a scheme,
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
And I (too) will make a scheme.
وأكيد كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.