Sūrah 86
Sūrah al-Ṭāriq
This sūrah forms a pair with Sūrah al-Burūj; the introduction covering both is on that page.
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Ever-Merciful.
The sky bears witness and those also which come in the night, and what do you understand what those which come in the night are? Shining stars. All of these bear witness that indeed every soul has a guardian over it.
Then let a person only reflect on what he has been created from – from a spurting fluid that comes out from between the bones of the back and the chest. [If His Lord can create him in such a manner, then] surely, He can create him again.
On the day, when secrets of the hearts are scrutinized, at that time, neither will a person have any power nor any helper.
[Then not only this,] the sky that rains down and the earth that splits asunder bear witness that this word of Ours is a decisive word. It is no jest.
[About this day,] they are scheming a plot, and I am also scheming a plan. So, leave these disbelievers [O Prophet!] Leave them a while.