وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١
By the sky and the nightly star!
86:1
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢
And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?
86:2
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣
˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.
86:3
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ ٤
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.
86:4
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥
Let people then consider what they were created from!
86:5
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ ٦
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,
86:6
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.1
86:7
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ ٨
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺
86:8
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.
86:9
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ ١٠
Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.
86:10
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ ١١
By the sky with its recurring cycles,
86:11
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ ١٢
and the earth with its sprouting plants!
86:12
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ ١٣
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,
86:13
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ ١٤
and is not to be taken lightly.
86:14
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا ١٥
They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans,
86:15
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا ١٦
but I too am planning.
86:16
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا ١٧
So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.
86:17
سَبِّحِ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡأَعۡلَى ١
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,
87:1
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ ٢
Who created and ˹perfectly˺ fashioned ˹all˺,
87:2
وَٱلَّذِي قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ ٣
and Who ordained precisely and inspired accordingly,
87:3
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَخۡرَجَ ٱلۡمَرۡعَىٰ ٤
and Who brings forth ˹green˺ pasture,
87:4
فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحۡوَىٰ ٥
then reduces it to withered chaff.
87:5
سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ ٦
We will have you recite ˹the Quran, O Prophet,˺ so you will not forget ˹any of it˺,
87:6
إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ ٧
unless Allah wills otherwise.1 He surely knows what is open and what is hidden.
87:7
وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرَىٰ ٨
We will facilitate for you the Way of Ease.1
87:8
فَذَكِّرۡ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٩
So ˹always˺ remind ˹with the Quran˺—˹even˺ if the reminder is beneficial ˹only to some˺.
87:9
سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰ ١٠
Those in awe ˹of Allah˺ will be mindful ˹of it˺.
87:10
وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلۡأَشۡقَى ١١
But it will be shunned by the most wretched,
87:11
ٱلَّذِي يَصۡلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ ١٢
who will burn in the greatest Fire,
87:12
ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحۡيَىٰ ١٣
where they will not ˹be able to˺ live or die.
87:13
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ ١٤
Successful indeed are those who purify themselves,
87:14
وَذَكَرَ ٱسۡمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ ١٥
remember the Name of their Lord, and pray.
87:15