Chapter 86
Surah At-Taariq
The Morning Star
سُورَةُ الطَّارِقِ
17 verses · Revealed in Mecca · Begins in Juz 30
Surah At-Taariq (The Morning Star) is the 86th chapter of the Holy Quran, with 17 verses. Below is the full Arabic text with the English translation. You can also listen to it in immersive 8D audio or open it in the interactive reader.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
- 86:1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer -
- 86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
- 86:3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star -
- 86:4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
- 86:5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.
- 86:6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ
He was created from a fluid, ejected,
- 86:7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
- 86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ
Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.
- 86:9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
The Day when secrets will be put on trial,
- 86:10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ
Then man will have no power or any helper.
- 86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ
By the sky which returns [rain]
- 86:12
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ
And [by] the earth which cracks open,
- 86:13
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ
Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement,
- 86:14
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ
And it is not amusement.
- 86:15
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا
Indeed, they are planning a plan,
- 86:16
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا
But I am planning a plan.
- 86:17
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا
So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.