بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

бисмиль-лəhир-рōhмəəнир-рōhиим

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

вəс-сəмəə`и вəт-тōōриќ

By the heaven, and by the nightly visitor

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

вəмəə əдрōōкə мəəт-тōōриќ

(and what will show you what is the nightly visitor?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

əннəджмуc̃-c̃əəќиб

It is the brilliant star):

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

иŋŋ-куллю нəфсиль-лəммəə 'əлэйhəə həəфиз̃

there is a guard over every soul.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

фəльйəŋŋз̃уриль-иŋŋсəəну миммə хулиќ

So let man consider from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

хулиќō мимм-мəə`ин дəəфиќ

He was created from an effusing fluid

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

йəхруджу мимм-бэйнис-сульби вəт-тəрōō`иб

which issues from between the loins and the breast-bones.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

иннəhу 'əлəə рōдж'иhи лəќōōдир

Indeed He is able to bring him back [after death],

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

йəумə тублəəс-сəрōō`ир

on the day when the secrets are examined

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

фəмəə лəhу миŋŋ-ќуувəтиу-вəлəə нəəсыр

and he shall have neither power nor helper.