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QUR’AN · SURAH 86

At-Taariq

The Morning Star · undefined verses · Meccan

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Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
86:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

Wassamaaa'i wattaariq

CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!

86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

Wa maaa adraaka mattaariq

And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?

86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

Annajmus saaqib

It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:

86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ

In kullu nafsil lammaa 'alaihaa haafiz

[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.

86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

Fal yanzuril insaanu mimma khuliq

LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:

86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ

Khuliqa mim maaa'in daafiq

he has been created out of a seminal fluid

86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Yakhruju mim bainissulbi wat taraaa'ib

issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].

86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ

Innahoo 'alaa raj'ihee laqaadir

Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]

86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

Yawma tublas saraaa'ir

on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,

86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ

Famaa lahoo min quwwatinw wa laa naasir

and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!

86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

Wassamaaa'i zaatir raj'

Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,

86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

Wal ardi zaatis sad'

and the earth, bursting forth with plants!

86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ

Innahoo laqawlun fasl

BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,

86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

Wa maa huwa bil hazl

and is no idle tale.

86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا

Innahum yakeedoona kaidaa

Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth];

86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا

Wa akeedu kaidaa

but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.

86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

Famahhilil kaafireena amhilhum ruwaidaa

Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while.

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Qur’an 86:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!

Qur’an 86:2

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?

Qur’an 86:3

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:

Qur’an 86:4

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ

[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.

Qur’an 86:5

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:

Qur’an 86:6

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ

he has been created out of a seminal fluid

Qur’an 86:7

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].

Qur’an 86:8

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ

Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]

Qur’an 86:9

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,

Qur’an 86:10

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ

and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!

Qur’an 86:11

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,

Qur’an 86:12

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

and the earth, bursting forth with plants!

Qur’an 86:13

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ

BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,

Qur’an 86:14

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

and is no idle tale.

Qur’an 86:15

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا

Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth];

Qur’an 86:16

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا

but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.

Qur’an 86:17

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while.