Aţ-Ţāriq

86:1 · page 591

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer

86:2 · page 591

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

86:3 · page 591

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star

86:4 · page 591

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

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

86:5 · page 591

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.

86:6 · page 591

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

86:7 · page 591

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

86:8 · page 591

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

86:9 · page 591

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

86:10 · page 591

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

86:11 · page 591

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

By the sky which sends back

86:12 · page 591

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

And [by] the earth which splits,

86:13 · page 591

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

86:14 · page 591

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

And it is not amusement.

86:15 · page 591

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

86:16 · page 591

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

But I am planning a plan.

86:17 · page 591

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.