بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالسَّماءِ وَالطّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer -

وَما أَدراكَ مَا الطّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

النَّجمُ الثّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star -

إِن كُلُّ نَفسٍ لَمّا عَلَيها حافِظٌ

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

خُلِقَ مِن ماءٍ دافِقٍ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخرُجُ مِن بَينِ الصُّلبِ وَالتَّرائِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُ عَلىٰ رَجعِهِ لَقادِرٌ

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

يَومَ تُبلَى السَّرائِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَما لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلا ناصِرٍ

Then man will have no power or any helper.