Surah At-Tariq - English Translation by Farook Malik
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the heaven and by the morning star (visitant by night)
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 1
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
and what will explain to you what the visitant by night is
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 2
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the star of piercing brightness
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 3
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ
(Just as Allah Almighty is taking care of each star in the galaxies, similarly) over each soul there is an appointed guardian angel
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 4
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
Let man consider from what he is created
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 5
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ
He is created from an emitted fluid
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 6
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
that is produced from between the loins and the ribs
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 7
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ
Surely He, the Creator, has the power to bring him back to life
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 8
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
on the Day when the hidden secrets will be brought to scrutiny
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 9
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ
then he will have neither power of his own nor any helper to save him from the punishment of Allah
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 10
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ
By the sky which sends down rain
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 11
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ
and by the earth which is ever bursting with new growth
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 12
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ
surely this Qur’an is a decisive word
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 13
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ
and it is no joke
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 14
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا
These unbelievers of Mecca are plotting a scheme
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 15
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا
and I, too, am plotting a scheme
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 16
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا
Therefore, leave the unbelievers alone. Leave them alone for a while
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 17