Chapter 86, 17 verses
By the sky and the night comer -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
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?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
It is the piercing star -
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
- The piercing Star!
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
So let man observe from what he was created.
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man consider from what he is created.
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ
He is created from a gushing fluid
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
Then man will have no power or any helper.
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
By the sky which returns [rain]
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
And it is not amusement.
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
It is no pleasantry.
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
But I am planning a plan.
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
And I plot a plot (against them).
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.