Surah At-Tariq · The Nightcommer

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ۝١

wal-samāi wal-ṭāriq

By the sky and the night comer

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ۝٢

wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriq

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ۝٣

al-najmu l-thāqib

It is the piercing star

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ۝٤

in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓ

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

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۝٥

falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliq

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۝٦

khuliqa min māin dāfiq

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ۝٧

yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāib

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ۝٨

innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādir

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

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ۝٩

yawma tub'lā l-sarāir

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ۝١٠

famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣir

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ۝١١

wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿ

By the sky which sends back

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ۝١٢

wal-arḍi dhāti l-ṣadʿ

And [by] the earth which splits,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ۝١٣

innahu laqawlun faṣl

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ۝١٤

wamā huwa bil-hazl

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۝١٥

innahum yakīdūna kaydā

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ۝١٦

wa-akīdu kaydā

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ۝١٧

famahhili l-kāfirīna amhil'hum ruwaydā

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.