وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

It is the piercing star.

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤

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

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ ٦

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ ٨

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

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ ١٠

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١

By the sky which sends back

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢

And [by] the earth which splits,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ ١٣

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا ١٥

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا ١٦

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.