١

وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِۙ‏

Wa As-Samā'i Wa Aţ-Ţāriqi

By the sky and the night comer

٢

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ‏

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Aţ-Ţāriqu

And what can make you know what is the night comer

٣

النَّجۡمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ‏

An-Najmu Ath-Thāqibu

It is the piercing star

٤

اِنۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌؕ‏

In Kullu Nafsin Lammā `Alayhā Ĥāfižun

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

٥

فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَؕ‏

Falyanžuri Al-'Insānu Mimma Khuliqa

So let man observe from what he was created

٦

خُلِقَ مِنۡ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍۙ‏

Khuliqa Min Mā'in Dāfiqin

He was created from a fluid, ejected

٧

يَّخۡرُجُ مِنۭۡ بَيۡنِ الصُّلۡبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِؕ‏

Yakhruju Min Bayni Aş-Şulbi Wa At-Tarā'ibi

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs

٨

اِنَّهٗ عَلٰي رَجۡعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌؕ‏

Innahu `Alá Raj`ihi Laqādirun

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

٩

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَي السَّرَآئِرُۙ‏

Yawma Tublá As-Sarā'iru

The Day when secrets will be put on trial

١٠

فَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍؕ‏

Famā Lahu Min Qūwatin Wa Lā Nāşirin

Then man will have no power or any helper

١١

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجۡعِۙ‏

Wa As-Samā'i Dhāti Ar-Raj`i

By the sky which returns [rain]

١٢

وَالۡاَرۡضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدۡعِۙ‏

Wa Al-'Arđi Dhāti Aş-Şad`i

And [by] the earth which cracks open

١٣

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌۙ‏

Innahu Laqawlun Faşlun

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement

١٤

وَّمَا هُوَ بِالۡهَزۡلِؕ‏

Wa Mā Huwa Bil-Hazli

And it is not amusement

١٥

اِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًاۙ‏

Innahum Yakīdūna Kaydāan

Indeed, they are planning a plan

١٦

وَّاَكِيۡدُ كَيۡدًاۚۖ‏

Wa 'Akīdu Kaydāan

But I am planning a plan

١٧

فَمَهِّلِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدًاࣖ‏

Famahhili Al-Kāfirīna 'Amhilhum Ruwaydāan

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile

صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Ṣadaqa Llāhu l-ʿaẓīm

Allah, the Magnificent, has spoken the truth.

ʿAbd al-Basit