وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star

إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

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

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ

He was created from a fluid, ejected

يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial

فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

Then man will have no power or any helper

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

And it is not amusement

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

Indeed, they are planning a plan

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

But I am planning a plan

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile