Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Info 1 86:1
By the heaven and the nightly star!
2 86:2
And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?
3 86:3
˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.
4 86:4
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.
5 86:5
Let people then consider what they were created from!
6 86:6
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,
7 86:7
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.1
8 86:8
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺
9 86:9
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.
10 86:10
Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.
11 86:11
By the sky with its recurring cycles,
12 86:12
and the earth with its sprouting plants!
13 86:13
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,
14 86:14
and is not to be taken lightly.
15 86:15
They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans,
16 86:16
but I too am planning.
17 86:17
So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.