وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer –
The Nightly Visitor · at-Tariq · سورة الطارق · 17 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
and how do you know what the night comer is?
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
It is the star of piercing brightness –
إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
there is no soul except that there is a watcher over it.
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let man reflect on what he was created from.
خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created from a spurting fluid,
يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
Indeed, Allah is able to bring him back to life.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
On the Day when all secrets will be disclosed,
فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
he will then have no power, nor any helper.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
By the sky and its recurring rain,
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
and by the earth that cracks open [with the sprout of plants],
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, this [Qur’an] is a decisive word,
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
which is not for amusement.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Indeed, they are devising a plan.
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
I am too devising a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
So bear with the disbelievers and respite them for a while.