Surah al-Tariq, Chapter 86
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Verses 1 – 17
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ {1}
1. I swear by the heavens (that are high) and the planet (Staturn).1
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ {2}
2. What do you understand by the night planet?
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ {3}
3. It is a piercing planet.
إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ {4}
4. There is not a single devil but has guarding anels over it.2
فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ {5}
5. Let man ponder over how he has been created.
خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ {6}
6. He has been created from ejecting liquid.
يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ {7}
7. Emerging though the back bone (of man) and chest bone (of woman).
إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ {8}
8. Verily is God Omnipotent to revert (regaridn enliven) him.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ {9}
9. On the day when the secrets will be tested (regarding obligatory functions).
فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ {10}
10. When shall man have neither power (to thwart) nor an asstant (to intercede).
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ {11}
11. I swear by the revolving heavens.
وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ {12}
12. And by the eruptive earth.
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ {13}
13. Verily the text is a dinstinctive word (of God, differentiating truth from otherwise).
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ {14}
14. And it is not a joke.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا {15}
15. Verily are theycabaling (to kill the Prophet).
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا {16}
16. And I shall pay them likewise (for their intrigue).
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا {17}
17. Leave infidels off for the time being, set them at liberty.3
- 1. Appearing during the night, evidencing its existence, as morning,though secluded. Allegorically it refers to Divine Light Ali and other Divine Lights.
- 2. 160 of them guarding against calamities and evil spirits.
- 3. Until they are killed inthe Battle of Badr and later condemned to hell on Reckoning Day.