Chapter 86, 17 verses
By the sky and the night comer -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
وما أدراك ما الطارق
It is the piercing star -
- The piercing Star!
النجم الثاقب
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
So let man observe from what he was created.
So let man consider from what he is created.
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created from a gushing fluid
خلق من ماء دافق
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
إنه على رجعه لقادر
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
يوم تبلى السرائر
Then man will have no power or any helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
By the sky which returns [rain]
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
والسماء ذات الرجع
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
والأرض ذات الصدع
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
إنه لقول فصل
And it is not amusement.
It is no pleasantry.
وما هو بالهزل
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
But I am planning a plan.
And I plot a plot (against them).
وأكيد كيدا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا