Surah At-Tariq (The Nightcommer)

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

86:1 By the heaven and the nightly star!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

86:2 And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

86:3 ˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

86:4 There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

86:5 Let people then consider what they were created from!

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

86:6 ˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

86:7 stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

86:8 Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

86:9 on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

86:10 Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

86:11 By the sky with its recurring cycles,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

86:12 and the earth with its sprouting plants!

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

86:13 Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

86:14 and is not to be taken lightly.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

86:15 They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

86:16 but I too am planning.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

86:17 So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.