بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer –
86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
and how do you know what the night comer is?
86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the star of piercing brightness¹ –
86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
there is no soul except that there is a watcher over it.
86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let man reflect on what he was created from.
86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created from a spurting fluid,
86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
emerging from between the backbone and the ribs².
86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Indeed, Allah is able to bring him back to life.
86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
On the Day when all secrets will be disclosed³,
86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
he will then have no power, nor any helper.
86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky and its recurring rain⁴,
86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
and by the earth that cracks open [with the sprout of plants],
86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, this [Qur’an] is a decisive word,
86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
which is not for amusement.
86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Indeed, they are devising a plan.
86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
I am too devising a plan.
86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So bear with the disbelievers, and give them respite for a while⁵.