At-Taariq -- The Morning Star

17 verses · meccan

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer

Ayah 1

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer

Ayah 2

ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star

Ayah 3

إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظࣱ‏

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector

Ayah 4

فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created

Ayah 5

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءࣲ دَافِقࣲ‏

He was created from a fluid, ejected

Ayah 6

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs

Ayah 7

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرࣱ‏

Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able

Ayah 8

يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ

The Day when secrets will be put on trial

Ayah 9

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةࣲ وَلَا نَاصِرࣲ‏

Then man will have no power or any helper

Ayah 10

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ

By the sky which returns [rain]

Ayah 11

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ

And [by] the earth which cracks open

Ayah 12

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلࣱ فَصۡلࣱ‏

Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement

Ayah 13

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ

And it is not amusement

Ayah 14

إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدࣰ ا

Indeed, they are planning a plan

Ayah 15

وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدࣰ ا

But I am planning a plan

Ayah 16

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا

So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile

Ayah 17