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
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
It is the piercing star -
- The piercing Star!
The star of piercing brightness;
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
So let man observe from what he was created.
So let man consider from what he is created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created from a gushing fluid
He is created of water pouring forth,
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
Then man will have no power or any helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
By the sky which returns [rain]
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
And the earth splitting (with plants);
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
And it is not amusement.
It is no pleasantry.
And it is no joke.
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
Surely they will make a scheme,
But I am planning a plan.
And I plot a plot (against them).
And I (too) will make a scheme.
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while.