At-Taariq

Wassamaaa'i wattaariq

CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!

Wa maaa adraaka mattaariq

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

Annajmus saaqib

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

In kullu nafsil lammaa 'alaihaa haafiz

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

Fal yanzuril insaanu mimma khuliq

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

Khuliqa mim maaa'in daafiq

he has been created out of a seminal fluid

Yakhruju mim bainissulbi wat taraaa'ib

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

Innahoo 'alaa raj'ihee laqaadir

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

Yawma tublas saraaa'ir

on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,

Famaa lahoo min quwwatinw wa laa naasir

and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!

Wassamaaa'i zaatir raj'

Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,

Wal ardi zaatis sad'

and the earth, bursting forth with plants!

Innahoo laqawlun fasl

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

Wa maa huwa bil hazl

and is no idle tale.

Innahum yakeedoona kaidaa

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

Wa akeedu kaidaa

but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.

Famahhilil kaafireena amhilhum ruwaidaa

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