Surah At-Tariq - English Translation by Ali Unal
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the heaven and that which comes at night
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 1
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
What enables you to perceive what it is that comes at night
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 2
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the bright piercing star
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 3
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ
There is not a soul but over it is a guardian
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 4
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let human, then, consider from what he has been created
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 5
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ
He has been created from some of a lowly fluid gushing forth
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 6
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
It proceeds (as a result of incitement) between the (lumbar zone in the) vertebra and the ribs
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 7
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ
Surely He (Who has created human from a lowly fluid) is able to restore him (to life after his death)
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 8
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
On the Day when all things (that remained or were kept) secret will be made manifest
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 9
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ
And he will have no power, nor a helper (against God’s punishment)
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 10
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ
I swear by the heaven ever-revolving (with whatever is in it and recurring patterns of rainfall)
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 11
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ
And by the earth, bursting (with the growth of plants)
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 12
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ
Surely it (the Qur’an) is a decisive Word distinguishing (between truth and falsehood)
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 13
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ
It is not (a word) in jest
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 14
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا
They (who reject it) are busy making schemes
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 15
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا
And I am "making a scheme
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 16
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا
So let the unbelievers remain at will; let them continue to remain at will for a little while
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 17