Surah At-Tariq

Verse 86:1

وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِ ۟ۙ

Was-Samaaaʹi waṭ-ṬAARIQ̣;

By the heaven and the nightly star!

Verse 86:2

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ ۟ۙ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maṭ Ṭaariq̣?

And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?

Verse 86:3

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ ۟ۙ

ʹAn-Najmus̤ s̤aaq̣ib!

˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.

Verse 86:4

اِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَیْهَا حَافِظٌ ۟ؕ

ʹIñ kullu nafsil lammaa ʻalayhaa ḥafiz̤̣.

There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.

Verse 86:5

فَلْیَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۟ؕ

Fal-yañz̤̣uril ʹiñsaanu mimma khuliq̣.

Let people then consider what they were created from!

Verse 86:6

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۟ۙ

Khuliq̣a mim maaaʹiñ daafiq̣,

˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

Verse 86:7

یَّخْرُجُ مِنْ بَیْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآىِٕبِ ۟ؕ

Yakhruju mim bayniṣ ṣulbi wat-taraaaʹib.

stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.

Verse 86:8

اِنَّهٗ عَلٰی رَجْعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌ ۟ؕ

ʹInna-Hoo ʻalaa rajʻihee laq̣aadir.

Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺

Verse 86:9

یَوْمَ تُبْلَی السَّرَآىِٕرُ ۟ۙ

Yawma tublas saraaaʹir,

on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.

Verse 86:10

فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍ ۟ؕ

Famaa lahoo miñ q̣uwtiñwwa walaa naaṣir.

Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.

Verse 86:11

وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ ۟ۙ

Was-Samaaaʹi ẓaatir rajʻ.

By the sky with its recurring cycles,

Verse 86:12

وَالْاَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ ۟ۙ

Wal-ʹarḍi ẓaatiṣ ṣadʻ,―

and the earth with its sprouting plants!

Verse 86:13

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ۟ۙ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awluñ faṣl:

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is a decisive word,

Verse 86:14

وَّمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ ۟ؕ

Wa-maa huwa bil-hazl.

and is not to be taken lightly.

Verse 86:15

اِنَّهُمْ یَكِیْدُوْنَ كَیْدًا ۟ۙ

ʹInnahum yakeedoona kaydaa,

They are certainly devising ˹evil˺ plans,

Verse 86:16

وَّاَكِیْدُ كَیْدًا ۟ۚۖ

Wa-ʹakeedu kaydaa.

but I too am planning.

Verse 86:17

فَمَهِّلِ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ اَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَیْدًا ۟۠

Famahhilil kaafireena ʹamhilhum ruwaydaa.

So bear with the disbelievers ˹O Prophet˺. Let them be for ˹just˺ a little while.