By the sky and the night comer
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
It is the piercing star
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
So let man observe from what he was created.
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
By the sky which sends back
And [by] the earth which splits,
Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
And it is not amusement.
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
But I am planning a plan.
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,
Who created and proportioned
And who destined and [then] guided
And who brings out the pasture
And [then] makes it black stubble.
We will make you recite, [O Muḥammad], and you will not forget,
Except what Allāh should will. Indeed, He knows what is declared and what is hidden.
And We will ease you toward ease.
So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
He who fears [Allāh] will be reminded.
But the wretched one will avoid it
[He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,
Neither dying therein nor living.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
