1بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
1By the sky and the night comer -
2وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
2And what can make you know what is the night comer?
3النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
3It is the piercing star -
4إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
4There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
5فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
5So let man observe from what he was created.
6خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ
6He was created from a fluid, ejected,
7يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
7Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
8إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
8Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
9يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
9The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
10فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
10Then man will have no power or any helper.
11وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
11By the sky which returns [rain]
12وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
12And [by] the earth which cracks open,
13إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
13Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
14وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
14And it is not amusement.
15إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
15Indeed, they are planning a plan,
16وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
16But I am planning a plan.
17فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
17So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.