Surah 86 of 114

الطارق

At-Tariq · The Nightcommer

17 verses · Revealed in Makkah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 86:1

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ۝١

   QaraiBy the heaven, and by the nightly visitor

2. 86:2

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ۝٢

   Qarai(and what will show you what is the nightly visitor?

3. 86:3

   ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ۝٣

   QaraiIt is the brilliant star):

4. 86:4

   إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ۝٤

   Qaraithere is a guard over every soul.

5. 86:5

   فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۝٥

   QaraiSo let man consider from what he was created.

6. 86:6

   خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۝٦

   QaraiHe was created from an effusing fluid

7. 86:7

   يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ۝٧

   Qaraiwhich issues from between the loins and the breast-bones.

8. 86:8

   إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ۝٨

   QaraiIndeed He is able to bring him back [after death],

9. 86:9

   يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ۝٩

   Qaraion the day when the secrets are examined

10. 86:10

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ۝١٠

    Qaraiand he shall have neither power nor helper.

11. 86:11

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ۝١١

    QaraiBy the resurgent heaven,

12. 86:12

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ۝١٢

    Qaraiand by the furrowed earth:

13. 86:13

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ۝١٣

    Qaraiit is indeed a conclusive discourse,

14. 86:14

    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ۝١٤

    Qaraiand not a jest.

15. 86:15

    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۝١٥

    QaraiIndeed they are devising a stratagem,

16. 86:16

    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ۝١٦

    Qaraiand I [too] am devising a plan.

17. 86:17

    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ۝١٧

    QaraiSo respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite.