By the sky and the night comer -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star);
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
Chapter 86, 17 verses
By the sky and the night comer -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star);
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
وما أدراك ما الطارق
And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
It is the piercing star -
النجم الثاقب
(It is) the star of piercing brightness;
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
There is no human being but has a protector over him (or her) (i.e. angels in charge of each human being guarding him, writing his good and bad deeds)
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
So let man observe from what he was created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man see from what he is created!
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a water gushing forth,
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)!
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
يوم تبلى السرائر
The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth).
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
Then man will have no power or any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then he will have no power, nor any helper.
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
By the sky which returns [rain]
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants).
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
إنه لقول فصل
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil).
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
And it is not amusement.
وما هو بالهزل
And it is not a thing for amusement.
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم).
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
But I am planning a plan.
وأكيد كيدا
And I (too) am planning a plan.
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
So give a respite to the disbelievers; deal gently with them for a while.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا