الطارق

86. At-Tariq

The Nightcommer

وَٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلطَّارِقِ١

By the sky and the knocker

وَمَآأَدۡرَىٰكَمَاٱلطَّارِقُ٢

And what can make you know what is the knocker?

ٱلنَّجۡمُٱلثَّاقِبُ٣

It is the piercing star.

إِنكُلُّنَفۡسٖلَّمَّاعَلَيۡهَاحَافِظٞ٤

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلۡيَنظُرِٱلۡإِنسَٰنُمِمَّخُلِقَ٥

So let man observe from what he was created.

خُلِقَمِنمَّآءٖدَافِقٖ٦

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

يَخۡرُجُمِنۢبَيۡنِٱلصُّلۡبِوَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ٧

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

إِنَّهُۥعَلَىٰرَجۡعِهِۦلَقَادِرٞ٨

Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.

يَوۡمَتُبۡلَىٱلسَّرَآئِرُ٩

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,

فَمَالَهُۥمِنقُوَّةٖوَلَانَاصِرٖ١٠

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.