86. At-Taariq (The Morning Star)
الطارق
18 ayahs
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer -
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
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ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star -
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إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
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فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.
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خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
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يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
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إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
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يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
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فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
Then man will have no power or any helper.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky which returns [rain]
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
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وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
And it is not amusement.
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إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
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وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
But I am planning a plan.
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فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
Quran text: Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), Uthmani. Translations: AbdolMohammad Ayati (Tanzil); Saheeh International (Tanzil); A. S. F. Bubenheim & N. Elyas (Tanzil); Muhammad Hamidullah (Tanzil); Julio Cortés (Tanzil).