Surah At-Tariq

وَالسَّمَاۤءِ وَالطَّارِقِۙ ۝١

Was-samā-i waṭ-ṭōriq

1. By the sky and at-Tariq.

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ ۝٢

Wa mā adrōka maṭ-ṭōriq

2. But what will let you know what at-Tariq is?

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ ۝٣

An-najmuṡ-ṡāqib

3. The Piercing Star.

اِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۗ ۝٤

In kullu nafsil lammā ‘alaihā ḥāfiẓ

4. There is no soul without a protector over it.

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۝٥

Falyanẓuril-insānu mimma khuliq

5. Let man consider what he was created from.

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَّاۤءٍ دَافِقٍۙ ۝٦

Khuliqo mim mā-in dāfiq

6. He was created from gushing liquid.

يَّخْرُجُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَاۤىِٕبِۗ ۝٧

Yakhruju mim bainiṣ-ṣulbi wat-tarō-ib

7. Issuing from between the backbone and the breastbones.

اِنَّهٗ عَلٰى رَجْعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌۗ ۝٨

Innahū ‘alā roj‘ihī laqōdir

8. He is certainly Able to return him.

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَاۤىِٕرُۙ ۝٩

Yauma tublas-sarō-ir

9. On the Day when the secrets are disclosed.

فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍۗ ۝١٠

Famā lahū min quwwatiw wa lā nāṣir

10. He will have no strength, and no supporter.

وَالسَّمَاۤءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِۙ ۝١١

Was-samā-i żātir-roj‘

11. By the sky that returns.

وَالْاَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِۙ ۝١٢

Wal-arḍi żātiṣ-ṣod‘

12. And the earth that cracks open.

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌۙ ۝١٣

Innahū laqoulun faṣl

13. It is a Decisive Word.

وَّمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِۗ ۝١٤

Wa mā huwa bil-hazl

14. It is no joke.

اِنَّهُمْ يَكِيْدُوْنَ كَيْدًاۙ ۝١٥

Innahum yakīdūna kaidā

15. They plot and scheme.

وَّاَكِيْدُ كَيْدًاۖ ۝١٦

Wa akīdu kaidā

16. But I plot and scheme.

فَمَهِّلِ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ اَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا ۝١٧

Fa mahhilil-kāfirīna amhilhum ruwaidā

17. Therefore, give the blasphemers respite, a brief respite.