At-Tariq

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴿٢﴾

wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu

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

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ﴿٣﴾

al-najmu l-thāqibu

It is the piercing star

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ﴿٤﴾

in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun

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

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿٥﴾

falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴿٦﴾

khuliqa min māin dāfiqin

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ﴿٧﴾

yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ﴿٨﴾

innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun

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

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿٩﴾

yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ﴿١٠﴾

famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ﴿١١﴾

wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿi

By the sky which sends back

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿١٢﴾

wal-arḍi dhāti l-ṣadʿi

And [by] the earth which splits,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ﴿١٣﴾

innahu laqawlun faṣlun

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

wamā huwa bil-hazli

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ﴿١٥﴾

innahum yakīdūna kaydan

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ﴿١٦﴾

wa-akīdu kaydan

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ﴿١٧﴾

famahhili l-kāfirīna amhil'hum ruwaydan

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.