At-Tariq الطارق

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim wa-as-sama wa-at-tariq

By the sky and the night comer -

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

wa ma adraka ma at-tariq

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

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

an-najm ath-thaqib

It is the piercing star -

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

in kullu nafsin lamma 'alayha hafiz

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

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

fa-yanzur al-insan mimma khuliq

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ

khuliqa min ma'in dafiq

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

yakhruju min bayn as-sulb wa-t-tara'ib

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

innahu 'ala raj'ihi la-qadir

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

yawm tubla as-sara'ir

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

fa-ma lahu min quwwa wala nasir

Then man will have no power or any helper.

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

was-sama' dhat al-raj'

By the sky which returns [rain]

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

wal-ard dhat as-sad'

And [by] the earth which cracks open,

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

innahu la-qawlun faslun

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

wa ma huwa bil-hazl

And it is not amusement.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

innahum yakiduna kayda

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

wa-akidu kayda

But I am planning a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا

fa-mahhil al-kafirin amhilhum ruwayda

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.