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.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

вəс-сəмəə`и з̃əəтир-рōдж'

By the resurgent heaven,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

вəəль`əрды з̃əəтис-сōд'

and by the furrowed earth:

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

иннəhу лəќōулюн фəсль

it is indeed a conclusive discourse,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

вəмəə hувə би-ль-həзль

and not a jest.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

иннəhум йəкиидуунə кəйдə

Indeed they are devising a stratagem,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

вə`əкииду кəйдə

and I [too] am devising a plan.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

фəмəhhилиль-кəəфириинə əмhильhум рувəйдə

So respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite.

سَبِّحِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ ٱلْأَعْلَى

сəббиhи-смə рōббикəль-ə'лəə

Celebrate the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ

əльлəз̃ии хōлəќō фəсəувəə

who created and proportioned,

وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

вəəльлəз̃ии ќōддəрō фəhəдəə

who determined and guided,

وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

вəəльлəз̃ии əхрōджəль-мəр'əə

who brought forth the pasture

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

фəджə'əлəhу ґуc̃əə`əн əhвəə

and then turned it into a black scum.

سَنُقْرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنسَىٰٓ

сəнуќри`укə фəлəə тəŋŋсəə

We shall have you recite [the Quran], then you will not forget [any of it]

إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ  ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ

ильлəə мəə шəə`əл-лаh, иннəhу йə'лəмуль-джəhрō вəмəə йəхфəə

except what Allah may wish. Indeed, He knows the open and what is hidden.

وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

вəнуйəссирукə ли-ль-йусрōō

And We shall ease you into facility.

فَذَكِّرْ إِن نَّفَعَتِ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

фəз̃əккир ин-нəфə'əтиз̃-з̃икрōō

So admonish, for admonition is indeed beneficial:

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ

сəйəз̃з̃əккəру мəй-йəхшəə

he who fears [God] will take admonition,

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَشْقَى

вəйəтəджəннəбуhəəль-əшќōō

and the most wretched will shun it

ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

əльлəз̃ии йəслəəн-нəəрōль-кубрōō

—he who will enter the Great Fire,

ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَحْيَىٰ

c̃уммə лəə йəмууту фииhəə вəлəə йəhйəə

then he will neither live in it, nor die.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ

ќōд əфлəhə мəŋŋ-тəзəккəə

‘Felicitous is he who purifies himself,

وَذَكَرَ ٱسْمَ رَبِّهِۦ فَصَلَّىٰ

вəз̃əкəрō-смə рōббиhи фəсōльлəə

celebrates the Name of his Lord, and prays.