Surah At-Tariq (سورة At-Tariq)

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Surah At-Tariq (Arabic: سورة At-Tariq, "The Night-Comer") is the 86 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 17 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah At-Tariq ("The Night-Comer") is chapter 86 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 17 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 86:1

وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِۙ‏

wal-samāi wal-ṭāriqi

By the sky and the night comer

Verse 86:2

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ‏

wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu

And what can make you know what is the night comer

Verse 86:3

النَّجۡمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ‏

al-najmu l-thāqibu

It is the piercing star

Verse 86:4

اِنۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌؕ‏

in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun

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

Verse 86:5

فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَؕ‏

falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa

So let man observe from what he was created

Verse 86:6

خُلِقَ مِنۡ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍۙ‏

khuliqa min māin dāfiqin

He was created from a fluid, ejected

Verse 86:7

يَّخۡرُجُ مِنۭۡ بَيۡنِ الصُّلۡبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِؕ‏

yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs

Verse 86:8

اِنَّهٗ عَلٰي رَجۡعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌؕ‏

innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun

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

Verse 86:9

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَي السَّرَآئِرُۙ‏

yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru

The Day when secrets will be put on trial

Verse 86:10

فَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍؕ‏

famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin

Then man will have no power or any helper

Verse 86:11

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجۡعِۙ‏

By the sky which returns [rain]

Verse 86:12

وَالۡاَرۡضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدۡعِۙ‏

And [by] the earth which cracks open

Verse 86:13

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌۙ‏

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement

Verse 86:14

وَّمَا هُوَ بِالۡهَزۡلِؕ‏

And it is not amusement

Verse 86:15

اِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًاۙ‏

Indeed, they are planning a plan

Verse 86:16

وَّاَكِيۡدُ كَيۡدًاۚۖ‏

But I am planning a plan

Verse 86:17

فَمَهِّلِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدًاࣖ‏

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile