At-Tariq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

   By the sky and the night comer
2. 2

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

   And what can make you know what is the night comer?
3. 3

   ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

   It is the piercing star1
4. 4

   إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

   There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
5. 5

   فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

   So let man observe from what he was created.
6. 6

   خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

   He was created from a fluid, ejected,
7. 7

   يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

   Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
8. 8

   إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

   Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
9. 9

   يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

   The Day when secrets will be put on trial,1
10. 10

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

    Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
11. 11

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

    By the sky which sends back1
12. 12

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

    And [by] the earth which splits,1
13. 13

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
14. 14

    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

    And it is not amusement.
15. 15

    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,
16. 16

    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

    But I am planning a plan.
17. 17

    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

    So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.1