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
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
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
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
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
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