AL TARIQ (THE NIGHTLY ARRIVER)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 17 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ |
| By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. | |
| 2 | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ |
| And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? | |
| 3 | النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ |
| The very brightly shining star! | |
| 4 | إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ |
| There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. | |
| 5 | فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ |
| So man must consider from what he has been created. | |
| 6 | خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ |
| Created from a gushing fluid. | |
| 7 | يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ |
| That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. | |
| 8 | إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ |
| Indeed Allah is Able to return him. | |
| 9 | يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ |
| A day when the secrets will be examined. | |
| 10 | فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ |
| So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. | |
| 11 | وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ |
| By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain. | |
| 12 | وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ |
| And by oath of the earth which cracks with it. (Brings forth vegetation or rivers gush forth due to rain) | |
| 13 | إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ |
| Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. | |
| 14 | وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ |
| And is not a matter of amusement. | |
| 15 | إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا |
| Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. | |
| 16 | وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا |
| And I secretly plan. | |
| 17 | فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا |
| Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. | |