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