Quran · Surah
Surah At-Tariq (الطارق) — The Nightcommer
Surah 86 · 17 verses · Meccan
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the heaven and the nightly star
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what will make you realize what the nightly star is
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ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness
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إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let people then consider what they were created from
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خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid
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يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage
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إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺
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يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed
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فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky with its recurring cycles
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
and the earth with its sprouting plants
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word
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وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
and is not to be taken lightly
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إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans
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وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
but I too am planning
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فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while
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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.