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Surah 86 · 17 Ayahs

At-Tariq

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy

  1. وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ١

    By the sky and the night-comer––

  2. وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ٢

    What will explain to you what the night-comer is

  3. النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ٣

    The piercing star––

  4. إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ٤

    there is a watcher over every soul

  5. فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ٥

    Man should reflect on what he was created from

  6. خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ٦

    He is created from spurting fluid

  7. يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ٧

    then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone

  8. إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ٨

    God is certainly able to bring him back to life

  9. يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ٩

    On the Day when secrets are laid bare

  10. فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ١٠

    he will have no power and no one to help him

  11. وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ١١

    By the sky and its recurring rain

  12. وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ١٢

    by the earth that cracks open

  13. إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ١٣

    This is truly a decisive statement

  14. وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ١٤

    it is not something to be taken lightly

  15. إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا١٥

    They plot and scheme

  16. وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا١٦

    but so do I

  17. فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا١٧

    [Prophet], let the disbelievers be, let them be for a while