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