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Surah The morning star [At-Tariq] in English

Surah The morning star [At-Tariq] Ayah 17 Location Maccah Number 86

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ﴿١﴾

By the sky, and by the nightly comer!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴿٢﴾

What could let you know what the nightly comer is!

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ﴿٣﴾

(It is) the piercing star.

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۭ ﴿٤﴾

For every soul there is a watcher.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴿٥﴾

Let the human reflect of what he is created.

خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍۢ دَافِقٍۢ ﴿٦﴾

He was created from ejaculated water

يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ﴿٧﴾

that issues from between the loins and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌۭ ﴿٨﴾

Surely, He is Able to bring him back,

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿٩﴾

on the Day when consciences are examined,

فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍۢ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۢ ﴿١٠﴾

when he will be helpless, with no supporter.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ﴿١١﴾

By the sky with its returning rain,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ﴿١٢﴾

and by the earth bursting with vegetation;

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌۭ فَصْلٌۭ ﴿١٣﴾

this is indeed a Decisive Word,

وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ﴿١٤﴾

it is not a jest.

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًۭا ﴿١٥﴾

They are cunningly devising,

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا ﴿١٦﴾

and I am cunningly devising.

فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ﴿١٧﴾

Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while.