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