86:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
Wassamaaa'i wattaariq
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!
QUR’AN · SURAH 86
At-Taariq
The Morning Star · undefined verses · Meccan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
Wa maaa adraaka mattaariq
And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?
86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
Annajmus saaqib
It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:
86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ
In kullu nafsil lammaa 'alaihaa haafiz
[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.
86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Fal yanzuril insaanu mimma khuliq
LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:
86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ
Khuliqa mim maaa'in daafiq
he has been created out of a seminal fluid
86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Yakhruju mim bainissulbi wat taraaa'ib
issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].
86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ
Innahoo 'alaa raj'ihee laqaadir
Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]
86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
Yawma tublas saraaa'ir
on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,
86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ
Famaa lahoo min quwwatinw wa laa naasir
and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!
86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
Wassamaaa'i zaatir raj'
Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,
86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
Wal ardi zaatis sad'
and the earth, bursting forth with plants!
86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ
Innahoo laqawlun fasl
BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,
86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
Wa maa huwa bil hazl
and is no idle tale.
86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا
Innahum yakeedoona kaidaa
Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth];
86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا
Wa akeedu kaidaa
but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.
86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
Famahhilil kaafireena amhilhum ruwaidaa
Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while.
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Qur’an 86:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!
Qur’an 86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?
Qur’an 86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness:
Qur’an 86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ
[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded.
Qur’an 86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created:
Qur’an 86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ
he has been created out of a seminal fluid
Qur’an 86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman].
Qur’an 86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ
Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]
Qur’an 86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare,
Qur’an 86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ
and [man] will have neither strength nor helper!
Qur’an 86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
Consider the heavens, ever-revolving,
Qur’an 86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
and the earth, bursting forth with plants!
Qur’an 86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ
BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood,
Qur’an 86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
and is no idle tale.
Qur’an 86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا
Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth];
Qur’an 86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا
but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.
Qur’an 86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while.