وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky which sends back
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
And [by] the earth which splits,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
And it is not amusement.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
But I am planning a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
At-Tariq swears by the sky and the piercing night star that every soul has a protector-keeper over it. It calls man to consider what he was created from, affirms that Allah is fully able to bring him back, and describes the Quran as a decisive word — no jest.
At-Tariq (الطارق) means "The Night Comer" in English. It is chapter 86 of the Holy Quran.
Surah At-Tariq has 17 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 591 to 591 of the mushaf.
Surah At-Tariq is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
At-Tariq swears by the sky and the piercing night star that every soul has a protector-keeper over it. It calls man to consider what he was created from, affirms that Allah is fully able to bring him back, and describes the Quran as a decisive word — no jest.