86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer
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Surah 86 · Makkan · 17 ayahs
At-Tariq
الطارق
The Nightcommer
Arabic in the Uthmani script. English translation by Saheeh International. Every ayah below carries its own reference.
What is this surah about?
Scholarly explanation
Name The Surah taken its name from the word at-tariq in its first verse. Period of Revelation The style of its subject matter resembles that of the earliest Surahs revealed at Makkah, but this surah was sent down at a stage when the disbelievers of Makkah were employing all sorts of devices and plans to defeat and frustrate the message of the Qur'an and Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings). Theme and Subject Matter It discuses two themes: first that man has to appear before God after death; second, that the Qur'an is a decisive Word which no plan or device of the disbelievers can defeat or frustrate. First of all, the stars of the heavens have been cited as an evidence that there is nothing in the universe which may continue to exist and survive without guardian over it.
Reference · Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Tafhim al-Qur'an — The Meaning of the Quran
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
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86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star
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86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
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86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.
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86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
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86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
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86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
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86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
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86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
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86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky which sends back
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86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
And [by] the earth which splits,
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86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
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86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
And it is not amusement.
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86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
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86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
But I am planning a plan.
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86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
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Ayah 1 of 17
Recited by Mishari Rashid al-Afasy