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Surah 86 · 17 ayat

At-Taariq

The Morning Star

الطارق

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

86:1

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

MeaningBy the heaven and the Morning Star

86:2

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

Meaning– Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

86:3

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

Meaning– The piercing Star!

86:4

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

MeaningNo human soul but hath a guardian over it.

86:5

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

MeaningSo let man consider from what he is created.

86:6

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ

MeaningHe is created from a gushing fluid

86:7

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

MeaningThat issued from between the loins and ribs.

86:8

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

MeaningLo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

86:9

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

MeaningOn the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

86:10

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

MeaningThen will he have no might nor any helper.

86:11

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

MeaningBy the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

86:12

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ

MeaningAnd the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

86:13

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

MeaningLo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

86:14

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ

MeaningIt is no pleasantry.

86:15

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

MeaningLo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

86:16

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

MeaningAnd I plot a plot (against them).

86:17

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

MeaningSo give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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