At-Taariq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer -

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

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ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star -

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إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ

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

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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.

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خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

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يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

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إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ

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

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يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

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فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ

Then man will have no power or any helper.

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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

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وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open,

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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

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وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

And it is not amusement.

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إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

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وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا

But I am planning a plan.

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فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

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