At-Tariq
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the heaven and the nightly star!
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let people then consider what they were created from!
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.1
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.