At-Tariq
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ1
By the sky and the night-comer––
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ2
What will explain to you what the night-comer is
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ3
The piercing star––
إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ4
there is a watcher over every soul
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ5
Man should reflect on what he was created from
خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ6
He is created from spurting fluid
يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ7
then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ8
God is certainly able to bring him back to life
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ9
On the Day when secrets are laid bare
فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ10
he will have no power and no one to help him
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ11
By the sky and its recurring rain
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ12
by the earth that cracks open
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ13
This is truly a decisive statement
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ14
it is not something to be taken lightly
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا15
They plot and scheme
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا16
but so do I
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا17
[Prophet], let the disbelievers be, let them be for a while
Al-Ala
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى1
[Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Most High
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ2
who created [all things] in due proportion
وَالَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ3
who determined their destinies and guided them
وَالَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الْمَرْعَىٰ4
who brought out the green pasture
فَجَعَلَهُ غُثَاءً أَحْوَىٰ5
then made it dark debris
سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنْسَىٰ6
[Prophet], We shall teach you [the Quran] and you will not forget––
إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ يَعْلَمُ الْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ7
unless God wishes; He knows both what is open and what is hidden––
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ8
We shall show you the easy way
فَذَكِّرْ إِنْ نَفَعَتِ الذِّكْرَىٰ9
So remind, if reminding will help
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنْ يَخْشَىٰ10
Those who stand in awe of God will heed the reminder
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى11
but it will be ignored by the most wicked
الَّذِي يَصْلَى النَّارَ الْكُبْرَىٰ12
who will enter the Great Fire
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ13
where they will neither die nor live
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّىٰ14
Prosperous are those who purify themselves
وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّىٰ15
remember the name of their Lord, and pray