Chapter 86, 17 verses
Waalssamai waalttariqi
By the sky and the night comer -
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
Wama adraka ma alttariqu
And what can make you know what is 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!
Alnnajmu alththaqibu
It is the piercing star -
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
In kullu nafsin lamma AAalayha hafithun
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
Falyanthuri alinsanu mimma khuliqa
So let man observe from what he was created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
Khuliqa min main dafiqin
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
Yakhruju min bayni alssulbi waalttaraibi
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Innahu AAala rajAAihi laqadirun
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Yawma tubla alssarairu
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
Fama lahu min quwwatin wala nasirin
Then man will have no power or any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
Waalssamai thati alrrajAAi
By the sky which returns [rain]
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
Waalardi thati alssadAAi
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
Innahu laqawlun faslun
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Wama huwa bialhazli
And it is not amusement.
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
Innahum yakeedoona kaydan
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Waakeedu kaydan
But I am planning a plan.
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
Famahhili alkafireena amhilhum ruwaydan
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
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.