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