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                        Talal Itani
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
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Wahiduddin Khan
                    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
                
                
                    In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
                
            
                    86:1
                    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:1
                    By the sky and at-Tariq.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:2
                    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:2
                    But what will let you know what at-Tariq is?  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:3
                    ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:3
                    The Piercing Star.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:4
                    إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:4
                    There is no soul without a Protector over it.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:5
                    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:5
                    Let man consider what he was created from.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:6
                    خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:6
                    He was created from gushing liquid.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:7
                    يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:7
                    Issuing from between the backbone and the breastbones.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:8
                    إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:8
                    He is certainly able to return him.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:9
                    يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:9
                    On the Day when the secrets are disclosed.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:10
                    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:10
                    He will have no strength, and no supporter.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:11
                    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:11
                    By the sky that returns.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:12
                    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:12
                    And the earth that cracks open.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:13
                    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:13
                    It is a Decisive Word.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:14
                    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:14
                    It is no joke.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:15
                    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:15
                    They plot and scheme.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:16
                    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:16
                    But I plot and scheme.  - Talal Itani (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:17
                    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
                
                
                
                
                
                    86:17
                    Therefore, give the blasphemers respite, a brief respite.  - Talal Itani (English)