At-Thariq

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

Was-samāʾi waṭ-ṭāriq.

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

Wa mā adrāka maṭ-ṭāriq.

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

An-najmuth-thāqib.

It is the piercing star¹.

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤

In kullu nafsil lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓ.

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥

Falyanẓuril-insānu mimma khuliq.

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ ٦

Khuliqa mim māʾin dāfiq.

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧

Yakhruju mim bayniṣ-ṣulbi wat-tarāʾib.

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ ٨

Innahū ʿalā rajʿihī laqādir.

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩

Yawma tublas-sarāʾir.

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,¹

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ ١٠

Famā lahū min quwwatiw wa lā nāṣir.

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١

Was-samāʾi dhātir-rajʿ.

By the sky which sends back¹

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢

Wal-arḍi dhātiṣ-ṣadʿ.

And [by] the earth which splits,¹

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ ١٣

Innahū laqawlun faṣl.

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤

Wa mā huwa bil-hazl.

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا ١٥

Innahum yakīdūna kaydā.

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا ١٦

Wa akīdu kaydā.

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧

Famahhilil-kāfirīna amhilhum ruwaydā.

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.¹