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
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
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
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
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
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
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
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا