Surah 86 · Meccan · 17 verses · Juz 30

At-Tariq

الطارق

The Nightcommer

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ۝١

    Was-samā'i waṭ-ṭāriq(i).

    By the sky and the night comer

  2. وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ۝٢

    Wa mā adrāka maṭ-ṭāriq(u).

    And what can make you know what is the night comer?

  3. ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ۝٣

    An-najmuṡ-ṡāqib(u).

    It is the piercing star

  4. إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ۝٤

    In kullu nafsil lammā ‘alaihā ḥāfiẓ(un).

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

  5. فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۝٥

    Falyanẓuril-insānu mimma khuliq(a).

    So let man observe from what he was created.

  6. خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۝٦

    Khuliqa mim mā'in dāfiq(in).

    He was created from a fluid, ejected,

  7. يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ۝٧

    Yakhruju mim bainiṣ-ṣulbi wat-tarā'ib(i).

    Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

  8. إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ۝٨

    Innahū ‘alā raj‘ihī laqādir(un).

    Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

  9. يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ۝٩

    Yauma tublas-sarā'ir(u).

    The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

  10. فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ۝١٠

    Famā lahū min quwwatiw wa lā nāṣir(in).

    Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

  11. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ۝١١

    Was-samā'i żātir-raj‘(i).

    By the sky which sends back

  12. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ۝١٢

    Wal-arḍi żātiṣ-ṣad‘(i).

    And [by] the earth which splits,

  13. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ۝١٣

    Innahū laqaulun faṣl(un).

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

  14. وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ۝١٤

    Wa mā huwa bil-hazl(i).

    And it is not amusement.

  15. إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۝١٥

    Innahum yakīdūna kaidā(n).

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,

  16. وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ۝١٦

    Wa akīdu kaidā(n).

    But I am planning a plan.

  17. فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ۝١٧

    Fa mahhilil-kāfirīna amhilhum ruwaidā(n).

    So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

Arabic text: Uthmani script, Hafs, from Quran.com. Translation: Saheeh International, from Quran.com (footnotes not shown). Transliteration: equran.id. Recitation: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy, from everyayah.com. About the sources.