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