At-Tariq
The Nightcommer
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ﴿1﴾
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star --
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ﴿2﴾
How will you comprehend what the night star is?
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ﴿3﴾
It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness --
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ﴿4﴾
That over each soul there is a guardian.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ﴿5﴾
Let man consider what he was made of:
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ﴿6﴾
He was created of spurting water
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ﴿7﴾
Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ﴿8﴾
God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead).
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ﴿9﴾
The day all secrets are examined
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ﴿10﴾
He will have no strength or helper.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ﴿11﴾
So I call to witness the rain-producing sky,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ﴿12﴾
And the earth which opens up (with verdure),
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ﴿13﴾
That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ﴿14﴾
And no trifle.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا﴿15﴾
They are hatching up a plot,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا﴿16﴾
But I too am devising a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا﴿17﴾
So bear with unbelievers with patience, and give them respite for a while.