الطارق

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١

Wal-samāi wal-ṭāriqi

By the sky and the night-comer––

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢

Wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu

What will explain to you what the night-comer is?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣

Al-najmu l-thāqibu

The piercing star––

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ٤

In kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun

There is a watcher over every soul.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥

Falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa

Man should reflect on what he was created from.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ٦

Khuliqa min māin dāfiqin

He is created from spurting fluid,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧

Yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi

Then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone:

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ٨

Innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun

God is certainly able to bring him back to life.

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩

Yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru

On the Day when secrets are laid bare

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ١٠

Famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin

He will have no power and no one to help him.