Surah Al-Târiq

Translation: Abdul Mannan Omar. Open a verse to compare translations and read its commentary.

1. 1 وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ I call to witness the heaven and the visitant (in the darkness) of the night.
2. 2 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ And what should make you know what the night-visitant is?
3. 3 النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ (It is) the star of piercing brightness.
4. 4 إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ Remember! a guardian is appointed (by God) over every soul.
5. 5 فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ Therefore let (every) human being consider from what material he is created.
6. 6 خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ He is created from a jetting fluid,
7. 7 يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ Which issues forth from between the loins and the breast-bones.
8. 8 إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ Verily, He (Who created him the first time) has the power of bringing him back to life (in the Hereafter).
9. 9 يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ On the Day, when the hidden things shall be exposed,
10. 10 فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ Then the person (who has engrossed himself in worldly affairs) shall have neither power to defend himself nor he will have any (other) helper.
11. 11 وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ I call to witness the clouds that rain over and over again,
12. 12 وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ And the earth that bursts forth (with herbage and with springs),
13. 13 إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ (That) verily, this (Qur´ân) is a decisive word.
14. 14 وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ And it is not a vain (revelation).
15. 15 إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا And they (- the disbelievers) devise a device (against it).
16. 16 وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا And (in return) I (too) devise a (counter) device.
17. 17 فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا Therefore grant the disbelievers respite, yes grant them respite for a little while.