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The Opener · Meccan · 7 verses

86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night-comer––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:2
وَمَآ
أَدْرَىٰكَ
مَا
ٱلطَّارِقُ
What will explain to you what the night-comer is?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ
ٱلثَّاقِبُ
The piercing star––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:4
إِن
كُلُّ
نَفْسٍۢ
لَّمَّا
عَلَيْهَا
حَافِظٌۭ
there is a watcher over every soul.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ
مِمَّ
خُلِقَ
Man should reflect on what he was created from.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:6
خُلِقَ
مِن
مَّآءٍۢ
دَافِقٍۢ
He is created from spurting fluid,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:7
يَخْرُجُ
مِنۢ
بَيْنِ
ٱلصُّلْبِ
وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:8
إِنَّهُۥ
عَلَىٰ
رَجْعِهِۦ
لَقَادِرٌۭ
God is certainly able to bring him back to life.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:9
يَوْمَ
تُبْلَى
ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
On the Day when secrets are laid bare

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:10
فَمَا
لَهُۥ
مِن
قُوَّةٍۢ
وَلَا
نَاصِرٍۢ
he will have no power and no one to help him.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
ذَاتِ
ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky and its recurring rain,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
ذَاتِ
ٱلصَّدْعِ
by the earth that cracks open!

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:13
إِنَّهُۥ
لَقَوْلٌۭ
فَصْلٌۭ
This is truly a decisive statement;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:14
وَمَا
هُوَ
بِٱلْهَزْلِ
it is not something to be taken lightly.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:15
إِنَّهُمْ
يَكِيدُونَ
كَيْدًۭا
They plot and scheme,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:16
وَأَكِيدُ
كَيْدًۭا
but so do I:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

86:17
فَمَهِّلِ
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
أَمْهِلْهُمْ
رُوَيْدًۢا
[Prophet], let the disbelievers be, let them be for a while.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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