The Night-Visitor
86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١
By the Sky and the Night-Visitor [therein];
86:2
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢
and what will let you know what the Night-Visitor is?
86:3
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣
[It is] the Star of Piercing Brightness;
86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤
There is no soul but has a protector over it.
86:5
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥
So let Man see from what he is created!
86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ ٦
He is created from a drop ejaculated,
86:7
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧
proceeding from between the loins and the ribs.
86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ ٨
Surely [Allāh] is able to bring him back [to life after death],
86:9
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩
the Day [of Judgement] when [all] things secret will be tested,
86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ ١٠
[Man that day] will have no power, and no helper.
86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١
By the Sky which gives the returning [rain],
86:12
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢
and by the Earth which splits open [for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of plants].
86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ ١٣
Behold, this is the Word that distinguishes [Good from Evil]:
86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤
It is not a thing for jest.
86:15
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا ١٥
As for them, they are but plotting a scheme,
86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا ١٦
and I [too] am planning a scheme.
86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧
Therefore, grant a respite to the Rejecters: give respite to them gently [for a while].