86. At-Taariq

86:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ﴿١﴾

Was-samāʾi waṭ-ṭāriq

By the heaven and the Morning Star

86:2

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴿٢﴾

Wamā adrāka mā aṭ-ṭāriq

- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

86:3

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ﴿٣﴾

An-najmu ath-thāqib

- The piercing Star!

86:4

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ﴿٤﴾

In kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓ

No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

86:5

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿٥﴾

Falyanẓuri al-insānu mimma khuliq

So let man consider from what he is created.

86:6

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴿٦﴾

Khuliqa min māʾin dāfiq

He is created from a gushing fluid

86:7

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ﴿٧﴾

Yakhruju min bayni aṣ-ṣulbi wat-tarāʾib

That issued from between the loins and ribs.

86:8

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ﴿٨﴾

Innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādir

Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

86:9

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿٩﴾

Yawma tublā as-sarāʾir

On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

86:10

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ﴿١٠﴾

Famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣir

Then will he have no might nor any helper.

86:11

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ﴿١١﴾

Was-samāʾi dhāti ar-rajʿ

By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

86:12

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿١٢﴾

Wal-arḍi dhāti aṣ-ṣadʿ

And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

86:13

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ﴿١٣﴾

Innahu laqawlun faṣl

Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

86:14

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

Wamā huwa bil-hazl

It is no pleasantry.

86:15

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ﴿١٥﴾

Innahum yakīdūna kaydā

Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

86:16

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ﴿١٦﴾

Waʾakīdu kaydā

And I plot a plot (against them).

86:17

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ﴿١٧﴾

Famahhili al-kāfirīna amhilhum ruwaydā

So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.