بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١
EN · Sahih Intl. By the sky and the night comer
وَمَآ أَدۡرَٮٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢
EN · Sahih Intl. And what can make you know what is the night comer?
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣
EN · Sahih Intl. It is the piercing star1
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌ ٤
EN · Sahih Intl. There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥
EN · Sahih Intl. So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ٦
EN · Sahih Intl. He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧
EN · Sahih Intl. Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ٨
EN · Sahih Intl. Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩
EN · Sahih Intl. The Day when secrets will be put on trial,1
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ١٠
EN · Sahih Intl. Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١
EN · Sahih Intl. By the sky which sends back1
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢
EN · Sahih Intl. And [by] the earth which splits,1
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌ ١٣
EN · Sahih Intl. Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤
EN · Sahih Intl. And it is not amusement.
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدًا ١٥
EN · Sahih Intl. Indeed, they are planning a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدًا ١٦
EN · Sahih Intl. But I am planning a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧
EN · Sahih Intl. So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.1