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
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وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ |
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By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. |
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وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ |
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And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? |
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النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ |
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The very brightly shining star! |
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إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ |
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There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. |
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فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ |
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So man must consider from what he has been created. |
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خُلِقَ مِن مَّاءٍ دَافِقٍ |
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Created from a gushing fluid. |
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يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ |
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That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. |
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إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ |
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Indeed Allah is Able to return him. |
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يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ |
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A day when the secrets will be examined. |
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فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ |
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So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. |
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وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ |
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By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain. |
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12 |
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ |
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And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. |
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إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ |
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Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. |
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وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ |
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And is not a matter of amusement. |
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إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا |
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Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. |
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وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا |
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And I secretly plan. |
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فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا |
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Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. |
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