Chapter 86, 17 verses
By the sky and the night comer -
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
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
And what will make you know what the comer by night is?
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
It is the piercing star -
The star of piercing brightness;
- The piercing Star!
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
So let man observe from what he was created.
So let man consider of what he is created:
So let man consider from what he is created.
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
He is created of water pouring forth,
He is created from a gushing fluid
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Coming from between the back and the ribs.
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
Most surely He is able to return him (to life).
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest,
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
He shall have neither strength nor helper.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
By the sky which returns [rain]
I swear by the raingiving heavens,
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
And the earth splitting (with plants);
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
Most surely it is a decisive word,
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
And it is not amusement.
And it is no joke.
It is no pleasantry.
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
Surely they will make a scheme,
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
But I am planning a plan.
And I (too) will make a scheme.
And I plot a plot (against them).
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
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.