Surah At-Tariq (The Night-Comer)

Topics in Surah At-Tariq

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Cosmic Signs (Ayat Kawniyyah) (8 verses)
• The Heavens (Sama') (6 verses)
• Stars (Nujum) (4 verses)
• Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah) (4 verses)
• Man (Insan) (3 verses)
• Sight (Basar) (3 verses)
• Monotheism (Tawhid) (3 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (3 verses)
• Water (Ma') (3 verses)
• Attributes of Allah (Sifat Allah) (2 verses)
• Gradual Enticement (Istidraj) (1 verses)
• Preservation (Hifz) (1 verses)
• Disbelief (Kufr) (1 verses)
• Victory (Nasr) (1 verses)
• Secrets (Sirr) (1 verses)

Read Surah At-Tariq with English translation

1. 86:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

   By the sky and the night-comer––

2. 86:2

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

   What will explain to you what the night-comer is?

3. 86:3

   ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

   The piercing star––

4. 86:4

   إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ

   there is a watcher over every soul.

5. 86:5

   فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

   Man should reflect on what he was created from.

6. 86:6

   خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ

   He is created from spurting fluid,

7. 86:7

   يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

   then he emerges from between the backbone and breastbone:

8. 86:8

   إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ

   God is certainly able to bring him back to life.

9. 86:9

   يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

   On the Day when secrets are laid bare

10. 86:10

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ

    he will have no power and no one to help him.

11. 86:11

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

    By the sky and its recurring rain,

12. 86:12

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

    by the earth that cracks open!

13. 86:13

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ

    This is truly a decisive statement;

14. 86:14

    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

    it is not something to be taken lightly.

15. 86:15

    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا

    They plot and scheme,

16. 86:16

    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا

    but so do I:

17. 86:17

    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

    [Prophet], let the disbelievers be, let them be for a while.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.