Chapter 86, 17 verses
By the Sky and the Night - Visitant (therein); -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والسماء والطارق
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the heaven and the Morning Star
And what will explain to thee what the Night - Visitant is? -
وما أدراك ما الطارق
- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
(It is) the Star of piercing brightness; -
النجم الثاقب
- The piercing Star!
There is no soul but has a protector over it.
إن كل نفس لما عليها حافظ
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
Now let man but think from what he is created!
فلينظر الإنسان مم خلق
So let man consider from what he is created.
He is created from a drop emitted -
خلق من ماء دافق
He is created from a gushing fluid
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:
يخرج من بين الصلب والترائب
That issued from between the loins and ribs.
Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!
إنه على رجعه لقادر
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
The Day that (all) things secret will be tested,
يوم تبلى السرائر
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
(Man) will have no power, and no helper.
فما له من قوة ولا ناصر
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
والسماء ذات الرجع
By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation), -
والأرض ذات الصدع
And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil):
إنه لقول فصل
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
It is not a thing for amusement.
وما هو بالهزل
It is no pleasantry.
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
إنهم يكيدون كيدا
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
And I am planning a scheme.
وأكيد كيدا
And I plot a plot (against them).
Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile).
فمهل الكافرين أمهلهم رويدا
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.