الـطارق

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star

1 I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;

1 By the sky and the night comer -

2 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

2 And what will make you know what the comer by night is?

2 And what can make you know what is the night comer?

3 - The piercing Star!

3 The star of piercing brightness;

3 It is the piercing star -

4 No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

4 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.

4 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

5 So let man consider from what he is created.

5 So let man consider of what he is created:

5 So let man observe from what he was created.

6 He is created from a gushing fluid

6 He is created of water pouring forth,

6 He was created from a fluid, ejected,

7 That issued from between the loins and ribs.

7 Coming from between the back and the ribs.

7 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

8 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

8 Most surely He is able to return him (to life).

8 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

9 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

9 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,

9 The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

10 Then will he have no might nor any helper.

10 He shall have neither strength nor helper.

10 Then man will have no power or any helper.

11 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

11 I swear by the raingiving heavens,

11 By the sky which returns [rain]

12 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

12 And the earth splitting (with plants);

12 And [by] the earth which cracks open,

13 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

13 Most surely it is a decisive word,

13 Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

14 It is no pleasantry.

14 And it is no joke.

14 And it is not amusement.

15 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

15 Surely they will make a scheme,

15 Indeed, they are planning a plan,

16 And I plot a plot (against them).

16 And I (too) will make a scheme.

16 But I am planning a plan.

17 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

17 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.

17 So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.