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وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِۙ‏

By the sky and the night comer

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ‏

And what can make you know what is the night comer

النَّجۡمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ‏

It is the piercing star

اِنۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌؕ‏

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector

فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَؕ‏

So let man observe from what he was created

خُلِقَ مِنۡ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍۙ‏

He was created from a fluid, ejected

يَّخۡرُجُ مِنۭۡ بَيۡنِ الصُّلۡبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِؕ‏

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs

اِنَّهٗ عَلٰي رَجۡعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌؕ‏

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَي السَّرَآئِرُۙ‏

The Day when secrets will be put on trial

فَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍؕ‏

Then man will have no power or any helper

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجۡعِۙ‏

By the sky which returns [rain]

وَالۡاَرۡضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدۡعِۙ‏

And [by] the earth which cracks open

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌۙ‏

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement

وَّمَا هُوَ بِالۡهَزۡلِؕ‏

And it is not amusement

اِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًاۙ‏

Indeed, they are planning a plan

وَّاَكِيۡدُ كَيۡدًاۚۖ‏

But I am planning a plan

فَمَهِّلِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدًاࣖ‏

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile

سَبِّحِ اسۡمَ رَبِّكَ الۡاَعۡلَيۙ‏

Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High

الَّذِيۡ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰيࣕۙ‏

Who created and proportioned

وَالَّذِيۡ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰيࣕۙ‏

And who destined and [then] guided

وَالَّذِيۡ٘ اَخۡرَجَ الۡمَرۡعٰيࣕۙ‏

And who brings out the pasture

فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحۡوٰيؕ‏

And [then] makes it black stubble

سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنۡسٰ٘يۙ‏

We will make you recite, [O Muhammad], and you will not forget

اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُؕ اِنَّهٗ يَعۡلَمُ الۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفٰيؕ‏

Except what Allah should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرٰيۚۖ‏

And We will ease you toward ease

فَذَكِّرۡ اِنۡ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكۡرٰيؕ‏

So remind, if the reminder should benefit

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰيۙ‏

He who fears [Allah] will be reminded

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الۡاَشۡقَيۙ‏

But the wretched one will avoid it

الَّذِيۡ يَصۡلَي النَّارَ الۡكُبۡرٰيۚ‏

[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوۡتُ فِيۡهَا وَلَا يَحۡيٰيؕ‏

Neither dying therein nor living

قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰيۙ‏

He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself

وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰيؕ‏

And mentions the name of his Lord and prays