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Surah At-Tariq

سُورَةُ الطَّارِقِ

Surah At-Tariq is the 86th surah of the Quran. Its name means “The Morning Star”. It is a meccan surah of 17 verses, opening in juz 30 on page 591 of the mushaf. Below is the full Arabic text in Uthmani script with an English translation for every verse.

سُورَةُ الطَّارِقِ

At-Tariq · Meccan · 17 ayahs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ١ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ٢ ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ٣ إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ٤ فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ٥ خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ٦ يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ٧ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ٨ يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ٩ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ١٠ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ١١ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ١٢ إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ١٣ وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ١٤ إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا١٥ وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا١٦ فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا١٧

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Translation, verse by verse
  1. 86:1

    By the heaven, and by the nightly visitor

  2. 86:2

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

  3. 86:3

    It is the brilliant star):

  4. 86:4

    there is a guard over every soul.

  5. 86:5

    So let man consider from what he was created.

  6. 86:6

    He was created from an effusing fluid

  7. 86:7

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

  8. 86:8

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

  9. 86:9

    on the day when the secrets are examined

  10. 86:10

    and he shall have neither power nor helper.

  11. 86:11

    By the resurgent heaven,

  12. 86:12

    and by the furrowed earth:

  13. 86:13

    it is indeed a conclusive discourse,

  14. 86:14

    and not a jest.

  15. 86:15

    Indeed they are devising a stratagem,

  16. 86:16

    and I [too] am devising a plan.

  17. 86:17

    So respite the faithless; give them a gentle respite.

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