Surah At-Taariq

وَٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلطَّارِقِ

CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!

وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاٱلطَّارِقُ

And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?

ٱلنَّجْمُٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:

إِنكُلُّنَفْسٍۢلَّمَّاعَلَيْهَاحَافِظٌۭ

[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.

فَلْيَنظُرِٱلْإِنسَٰنُمِمَّخُلِقَ

LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:

خُلِقَمِنمَّآءٍۢدَافِقٍۢ

he has been created out of a seminal fluid

يَخْرُجُمِنۢبَيْنِٱلصُّلْبِوَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].

إِنَّهُۥعَلَىٰرَجْعِهِۦلَقَادِرٌۭ

Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]

يَوْمَتُبْلَىٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,

فَمَالَهُۥمِنقُوَّةٍۢوَلَانَاصِرٍۢ

and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!

وَٱلسَّمَآءِذَاتِٱلرَّجْعِ

Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,

وَٱلْأَرْضِذَاتِٱلصَّدْعِ

and the earth, bursting forth with plants!

إِنَّهُۥلَقَوْلٌۭفَصْلٌۭ

BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,

وَمَاهُوَبِٱلْهَزْلِ

and is no idle tale.

إِنَّهُمْيَكِيدُونَكَيْدًۭا

Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth];

وَأَكِيدُكَيْدًۭا

but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.

فَمَهِّلِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَأَمْهِلْهُمْرُوَيْدًۢا

Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while.