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
By the sky and the night comer -
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
It is the piercing star -
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man observe from what he was created.
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
By the sky which returns [rain]
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
And it is not amusement.
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
But I am planning a plan.
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.
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.