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
By the sky and the night comer -
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وما أدراك ما الطارق
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
It is the piercing star -
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man observe from what he was created.
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Yawma tubla alssarairu
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then man will have no power or any helper.
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the sky which returns [rain]
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
Innahu laqawlun faslun
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Wama huwa bialhazli
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
And it is not amusement.
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Waakeedu kaydan
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
But I am planning a plan.
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.