وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ (1)
By the heaven, and the night-visitor |
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ (2)
what do you know what the night-visitor is |
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ (3)
It is the piercing star |
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ (4)
There is no living being but there is a protector over it |
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ (5)
So let man consider of what he was created |
خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ (6)
He was created of a gushing fluid |
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ (7)
emanating from between the loins and the ribs |
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ (8)
Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life) |
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ (9)
On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test |
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ (10)
he shall have no power, and no helper |
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ (11)
By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain |
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ (12)
and by the earth ever bursting with verdure |
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ (13)
this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word |
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ (14)
not a flippant jest |
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا (15)
They are devising a guile |
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا (16)
and I too am devising a guile |
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا (17)
So leave the unbelievers to themselves; respite them awhile |
