وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the knocker
The Nightly Visitor · at-Tariq · سورة الطارق · 17 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the knocker?
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, He [i.e., Allāh], 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 he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
By the sky which sends back
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
And [by] the earth which splits,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] 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.