At-Tariq · The Nightcommer

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ﴿١﴾

By the sky and the night comer

wal-samāi wal-ṭāriqi

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴿٢﴾

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

wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ﴿٣﴾

It is the piercing star

al-najmu l-thāqibu

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ ﴿٤﴾

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

in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿٥﴾

So let man observe from what he was created.

falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ ﴿٦﴾

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

khuliqa min māin dāfiqin

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ﴿٧﴾

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

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

innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿٩﴾

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ ﴿١٠﴾

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

famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ﴿١١﴾

By the sky which sends back

wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿi

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿١٢﴾

And [by] the earth which splits,

wal-arḍi dhāti l-ṣadʿi

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾

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

innahu laqawlun faṣlun

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

And it is not amusement.

wamā huwa bil-hazli

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ﴿١٥﴾

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

innahum yakīdūna kaydan

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا ﴿١٦﴾

But I am planning a plan.

wa-akīdu kaydan

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ﴿١٧﴾

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

famahhili l-kāfirīna amhil'hum ruwaydan