86. At-Tariq

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the heaven, and the night-visitor

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

what do you know what the night-visitor is

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظࣱ‏

There is no living being but there is a protector over it

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man consider of what he was created

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءࣲ دَافِقࣲ‏

He was created of a gushing fluid

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

emanating from between the loins and the ribs

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرࣱ‏

Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life)

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةࣲ وَلَا نَاصِرࣲ‏

he shall have no power, and no helper

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ

By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ

and by the earth ever bursting with verdure

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلࣱ فَصۡلࣱ‏

this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ

not a flippant jest

إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدࣰ ا

They are devising a guile

وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدࣰ ا

and I too am devising a guile

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا

So leave the unbelievers to themselves; respite them awhile