Chapter 86, 17 verses
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
Waalssamai waalttariqi
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وما أدراك ما الطارق
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
Yawma tubla alssarairu
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
Innahu laqawlun faslun
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
Wama huwa bialhazli
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
Waakeedu kaydan
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan