At-Taariq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ﴿1﴾

Wassamaaa'i wattaariq

86:1By the heaven, and by the nightly visitor

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴿2﴾

Wa maaa adraaka mattaariq

86:2(and what will show you what is the nightly visitor?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ﴿3﴾

Annajmus saaqib

86:3It is the brilliant star):

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ ﴿4﴾

In kullu nafsil lammaa 'alaihaa haafiz

86:4there is a guard over every soul.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿5﴾

Fal yanzuril insaanu mimma khuliq

86:5So let man consider from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ ﴿6﴾

Khuliqa mim maaa'in daafiq

86:6He was created from an effusing fluid

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ﴿7﴾

Yakhruju mim bainissulbi wat taraaa'ib

86:7which issues from between the loins and the breast-bones.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ ﴿8﴾

Innahoo 'alaa raj'ihee laqaadir

86:8Indeed He is able to bring him back [after death],

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿9﴾

Yawma tublas saraaa'ir

86:9on the day when the secrets are examined

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ ﴿10﴾

Famaa lahoo min quwwatinw wa laa naasir

86:10and he shall have neither power nor helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ﴿11﴾

Wassamaaa'i zaatir raj'

86:11By the resurgent heaven,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿12﴾

Wal ardi zaatis sad'

86:12and by the furrowed earth:

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ ﴿13﴾

Innahoo laqawlun fasl

86:13it is indeed a conclusive discourse,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ﴿14﴾

Wa maa huwa bil hazl

86:14and not a jest.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ﴿15﴾

Innahum yakeedoona kaidaa

86:15Indeed they are devising a stratagem,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا ﴿16﴾

Wa akeedu kaidaa

86:16and I [too] am devising a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ﴿17﴾

Famahhilil kaafireena amhilhum ruwaidaa

86:17So respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite.