Surah At-Tariq - English Translation by Muhammad Asad
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 1
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 2
ٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 3
إِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ
[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 4
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 5
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ
he has been created out of a seminal fluid
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 6
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 7
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ
Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life]
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 8
يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 9
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ
and [man] will have neither strength nor helper
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 10
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ
Consider the heavens, ever-revolving
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 11
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ
and the earth, bursting forth with plants
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 12
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ
BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that between truth and falsehood
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 13
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ
and is no idle tale
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 14
إِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا
Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 15
وَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا
but I shall bring all their scheming to nought
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 16
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا
Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while
Surah At-Tariq, Verse 17