Surah At-Tariq

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 86:1 ▶

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ﴿١﴾

   was-samā'i waṭ-ṭāriq

   By the sky and the knocker

2. 86:2 ▶

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴿٢﴾

   wamā 'adrāka ma ṭ-ṭāriq

   And what can make you know what is the knocker?

3. 86:3 ▶

   ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ﴿٣﴾

   an-najmu th-thāqib

   It is the piercing star.

   Whose light pierces through the darkness.

4. 86:4 ▶

   إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ﴿٤﴾

   in kullu nafsil lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓ

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

5. 86:5 ▶

   فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿٥﴾

   falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliq

   So let man observe from what he was created.

6. 86:6 ▶

   خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴿٦﴾

   khuliqa mim mā'in dāfiq

   He was created from a fluid, ejected,

7. 86:7 ▶

   يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ﴿٧﴾

   yakhruju mim bayni ṣ-ṣulbi wat-tarā'ib

   Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

8. 86:8 ▶

   إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ﴿٨﴾

   innahū ʿalā rajʿihī laqādir

   Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

9. 86:9 ▶

   يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿٩﴾

   yawma tubla s-sarā'ir

   The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

   i.e., exposed, examined and judged.

10. 86:10 ▶

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ﴿١٠﴾

    famā lahū min quwwatiw walā nāṣir

    Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

11. 86:11 ▶

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ﴿١١﴾

    was-samā'i dhāti r-rajʿ

    By the sky which sends back

    Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.

12. 86:12 ▶

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿١٢﴾

    wal-arḍi dhāti ṣ-ṣadʿ

    And [by] the earth which splits,

    With plant growth or from geological rifts.

13. 86:13 ▶

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ﴿١٣﴾

    innahū laqawlun faṣl

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

14. 86:14 ▶

    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

    wamā huwa bil-hazl

    And it is not amusement.

15. 86:15 ▶

    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ﴿١٥﴾

    innahum yakīdūna kaydā

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,

16. 86:16 ▶

    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ﴿١٦﴾

    wa'akīdu kaydā

    But I am planning a plan.

17. 86:17 ▶

    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ﴿١٧﴾

    famahhili l-kāfirīna 'amhilhum ruwaydā

    So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.

    i.e., Do not be in haste for revenge, for you will see what will become of them.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.