بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

By the heaven and the night-comer

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

And what shall make thee know that which the night-comer is?-

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

It is the star shing brightly.

إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

No soul is there but hath over it a watcher.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man look - from what is he created.

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ

He is created from a water drip-ping,

يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones.

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

Verily He is Able to restore him,

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

On a Day whereon secrets shall be out.

فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

Then he shall have no power nor any helper.

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

By the heaven which returneth,

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

And by the earth which splitteth,

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

Verily, it is a discourse distinguishing.

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

And it is not a frivolity.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

Verily they are plotting a plot.

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

And I am plotting a plot.

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا

So respite thou the infidels - respite them gently,