بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Separate opening header from Al-Fatihah 1:1; not an extra numbered ayah.
Ayah 86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer –
Ayah 86:2
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
and how do you know what the night comer is?
Ayah 86:3
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the star of piercing brightness[1] –
Ayah 86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ
there is no soul except that there is a watcher over it.
Ayah 86:5
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let man reflect on what he was created from.
Ayah 86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ
He was created from a spurting fluid,
Ayah 86:7
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
emerging from between the backbone and the ribs[2].
Ayah 86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ
Indeed, Allah is able to bring him back to life.
Ayah 86:9
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
On the Day when all secrets will be disclosed[3],
Ayah 86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ
he will then have no power, nor any helper.
Ayah 86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ
By the sky and its recurring rain[4],
Ayah 86:12
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ
and by the earth that cracks open [with the sprout of plants],
Ayah 86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ
Indeed, this [Qur’an] is a decisive word,
Ayah 86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ
which is not for amusement.
Ayah 86:15
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا
Indeed, they are devising a plan.
Ayah 86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا
I am too devising a plan.
Ayah 86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا
So bear with the disbelievers, and give them respite for a while[5].
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