Surah At-Tariq

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ۝١

By the heavens and that which comes in the night --

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ۝٢

and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ۝٣

It is the shining star --

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ۝٤

[for] no human being has been left unguarded.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۝٥

Let man reflect on what he was created from.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۝٦

He was created from spurting fluid,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ۝٧

issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone:

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ۝٨

He certainly has the power to bring him back to life.

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ۝٩

On the Day when secrets are disclosed,

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ۝١٠

[man] will have no power, and no helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ۝١١

By the heavens, ever-revolving,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ۝١٢

by the earth cracking open with new growth.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ۝١٣

It is surely a decisive utterance;

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ۝١٤

and is not to be taken lightly.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۝١٥

They are planning a scheme,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ۝١٦

and so am I:

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ۝١٧

so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while.