The Morning Star
سورة الطارق
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
86:1
The Morning Star
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ١
By the heaven and the nightly star!
86:2
The Morning Star
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ٢
And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?
86:3
The Morning Star
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ٣
˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.
86:4
The Morning Star
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ٤
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.
86:5
The Morning Star
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ٥
Let people then consider what they were created from!
86:6
The Morning Star
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ٦
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid
86:7
The Morning Star
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ٧
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.
86:8
The Morning Star
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ٨
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺
86:9
The Morning Star
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ٩
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.
86:10
The Morning Star
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ١٠
Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.
86:11
The Morning Star
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ١١
By the sky with its recurring cycles
86:12
The Morning Star
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ١٢
and the earth with its sprouting plants!
86:13
The Morning Star
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ١٣
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word
86:14
The Morning Star
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ١٤
and is not to be taken lightly.
86:15
The Morning Star
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا١٥
They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans
86:16
The Morning Star
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا١٦
but I too am planning.
86:17
The Morning Star
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا١٧
So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.