Surah At-Tariq

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ١

   86:1

   wal-samāi wal-ṭāriqi

   By the sky and the night comer

2. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ٢

   86:2

   wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu

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

3. ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ٣

   86:3

   al-najmu l-thāqibu

   It is the piercing star

4. إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ٤

   86:4

   in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun

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

5. فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ٥

   86:5

   falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa

   So let man observe from what he was created.

6. خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ٦

   86:6

   khuliqa min māin dāfiqin

   He was created from a fluid, ejected,

7. يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ٧

   86:7

   yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi

   Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

8. إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ٨

   86:8

   innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun

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

9. يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ٩

   86:9

   yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru

   The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

10. فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ١٠

    86:10

    famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin

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

11. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ١١

    86:11

    wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿi

    By the sky which sends back

12. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ١٢

    86:12

    wal-arḍi dhāti l-ṣadʿi

    And [by] the earth which splits,

13. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ١٣

    86:13

    innahu laqawlun faṣlun

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

14. وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ١٤

    86:14

    wamā huwa bil-hazli

    And it is not amusement.

15. إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا١٥

    86:15

    innahum yakīdūna kaydan

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,

16. وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا١٦

    86:16

    wa-akīdu kaydan

    But I am planning a plan.

17. فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا١٧

    86:17

    famahhili l-kāfirīna amhil'hum ruwaydan

    So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.