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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 ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ 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 ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا﴿١٧﴾

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

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى﴿١﴾

Praise the name of thy Lord the Most High,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ﴿٢﴾

Who createth, then disposeth;

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ﴿٣﴾

Who measureth, then guideth;

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ﴿٤﴾

Who bringeth forth the pasturage,

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ﴿٥﴾

Then turneth it to russet stubble.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ﴿٦﴾

We shall make thee read (O Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ﴿٧﴾

Save that which Allah willeth. Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ﴿٨﴾

And We shall ease thy way unto the state of ease.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ﴿٩﴾

Therefor remind (men), for of use is the reminder.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ﴿١٠﴾

He will heed who feareth,

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى﴿١١﴾

But the most hapless will flout it,

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ﴿١٢﴾

He who will be flung to the great Fire

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ﴿١٣﴾

Wherein he will neither die nor live.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ﴿١٤﴾

He is successful who groweth,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ﴿١٥﴾

And remembereth the name of his Lord, so prayeth,