At-Tariq
الطارق
The Nightcommer · 17 ayahs
- 1
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the heaven, and the night-visitor,
- 2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
what do you know what the night-visitor is?
- 3
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star.
- 4
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no living being but there is a protector over it.
- 5
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man consider of what he was created.
- 6
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ
He was created of a gushing fluid,
- 7
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
emanating from between the loins and the ribs.
- 8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ
Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life).
- 9
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test
- 10
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ
he shall have no power, and no helper.