الطارق

At-Tariq

The Nightcommer

Meccan|17 verses

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1
86:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer

2
86:2

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer

3
86:3

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star

4
86:4

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ

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

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86:5

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created

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86:6

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ

He was created from a fluid, ejected

7
86:7

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs

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86:8

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ

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

9
86:9

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial

10
86:10

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ

Then man will have no power or any helper

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86:11

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

12
86:12

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open

13
86:13

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement

14
86:14

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ

And it is not amusement

15
86:15

إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا

Indeed, they are planning a plan

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86:16

وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا

But I am planning a plan

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86:17

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile