وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ1
(1) By the sky and the night comer
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ2
(2) And what can make you know what is the night comer?
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ3
(3) It is the piercing star[1901]
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[1901]- Whose light pierces through the darkness.
إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ4
(4) There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ5
(5) So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ6
(6) He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ7
(7) Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ8
(8) Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ9
(9) The Day when secrets will be put on trial,[1902]
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[1902]- i.e., exposed, examined and judged.
فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ10
(10) Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ11
(11) By the sky which sends back[1903]
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[1903]- Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ12
(12) And [by] the earth which splits,[1904]
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[1904]- With plant growth or from geological rifts.
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ13
(13) Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ14
(14) And it is not amusement.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا15
(15) Indeed, they are planning a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا16
(16) But I am planning a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا17
(17) So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.[1905]
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[1905]- i.e., Do not be in haste for revenge, for you will see what will become of them.