English - Yusuf Ali
Surah At-Tariq ( The Night-Comer ) - Aya count 17
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
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By the sky and the night comer -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
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And what can make you know what is the night comer?
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
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It is the piercing star -
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
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There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
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So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ
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He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
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Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
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Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
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The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
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Then man will have no power or any helper.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
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By the sky which returns [rain]
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
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And [by] the earth which cracks open,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
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Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
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And it is not amusement.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
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Indeed, they are planning a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
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But I am planning a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
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So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.