86. At-Tariq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ﴿١﴾

By the heaven and the Morning Star

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ﴿٢﴾

Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ﴿٣﴾

The piercing Star

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ﴿٤﴾

No human soul but hath a guardian over it

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ﴿٥﴾

So let man consider from what he is created

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ﴿٦﴾

He is created from a gushing fluid

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ﴿٧﴾

That issued from between the loins and ribs

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ﴿٨﴾

Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ﴿٩﴾

On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ﴿١٠﴾

Then will he have no might nor any helper

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ﴿١١﴾

By the heaven which giveth the returning rain

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ﴿١٢﴾

And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ﴿١٣﴾

Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ﴿١٤﴾

It is no pleasantry

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا﴿١٥﴾

Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا﴿١٦﴾

And I plot a plot (against them)

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا﴿١٧﴾

So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while