86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

By the heaven and the nightly star!



86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?



86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.



86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ ٤

There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.



86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥

Let people then consider what they were created from!



86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ ٦

˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,



86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧

stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.



86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ ٨

Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺



86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩

on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.



86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ ١٠

Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.



86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ١١

By the sky with its recurring cycles,



86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ١٢

and the earth with its sprouting plants!



86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ ١٣

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,



86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ١٤

and is not to be taken lightly.



86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ١٥

They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans,



86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا ١٦

but I too am planning.



86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ١٧

So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.