Surah At-Tariq — الطارق

Chapter 86 of the Qur'an · “The Nightcommer” · 17 verses · revealed in Makkah

1. 86:1 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ By the sky and the night-comer––
2. 86:2 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ What will explain to you what the night-comer is?
3. 86:3 ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ The piercing star––
4. 86:4 إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ there is a watcher over every soul.
5. 86:5 فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ Man should reflect on what he was created from.
6. 86:6 خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ He is created from spurting fluid,
7. 86:7 يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone:
8. 86:8 إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ God is certainly able to bring him back to life.
9. 86:9 يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ On the Day when secrets are laid bare
10. 86:10 فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ he will have no power and no one to help him.
11. 86:11 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ By the sky and its recurring rain,
12. 86:12 وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ by the earth that cracks open!
13. 86:13 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ This is truly a decisive statement;
14. 86:14 وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ it is not something to be taken lightly.
15. 86:15 إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا They plot and scheme,
16. 86:16 وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا but so do I:
17. 86:17 فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا [Prophet], let the disbelievers be, let them be for a while.

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