At-Taariq

By the sky and the night-comer––

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

wal-samāi wal-ṭāriqi

What will explain to you what the night-comer is?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu

The piercing star––

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

al-najmu l-thāqibu

there is a watcher over every soul.

إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun

Man should reflect on what he was created from.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa

He is created from spurting fluid,

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ

khuliqa min māin dāfiqin

then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone:

يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi

God is certainly able to bring him back to life.

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun

On the Day when secrets are laid bare

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru

he will have no power and no one to help him.

فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin

By the sky and its recurring rain,

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿi

by the earth that cracks open!

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

wal-arḍi dhāti l-ṣadʿi

This is truly a decisive statement;

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

innahu laqawlun faṣlun

it is not something to be taken lightly.

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

wamā huwa bil-hazli

They plot and scheme,

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

innahum yakīdūna kaydan

but so do I:

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

wa-akīdu kaydan

[Prophet], let the disbelievers be, let them be for a while.

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا

famahhili l-kāfirīna amhil'hum ruwaydan