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Surah 86 · Meccan · 17 verses

الطارق

At-Tariq

The Night-Comer

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

86:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer -

86:2

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

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

86:3

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star -

86:4

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ

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

86:5

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.

86:6

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

86:7

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

86:8

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

86:9

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

86:10

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ

Then man will have no power or any helper.

86:11

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

86:12

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open,

86:13

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,

86:14

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

And it is not amusement.

86:15

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا

Indeed, they are planning a plan,

86:16

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا

But I am planning a plan.

86:17

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

Sources. Arabic text: Quran Uthmani. English translation: Sahih International, served via the public AlQuran.cloud API. Audio: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy via mp3quran.net. Tafseer summaries are AI-assisted and reviewed against classical sources — see our editorial policy.