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.

فَليَنظُرِ الإِنسانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَ مِن ماءٍ دافِقٍ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخرُجُ مِن بَينِ الصُّلبِ وَالتَّرائِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

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.

وَالسَّماءِ ذاتِ الرَّجعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

وَالأَرضِ ذاتِ الصَّدعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open,

إِنَّهُ لَقَولٌ فَصلٌ

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,