Chapter 86, 17 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
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
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
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.