| Chapter 86 | The Nightly Visitor | |
| 17 Verses | at-Tariq | الـطارق |
| 1 | In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. By the sky and the night comer – | بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ |
| 2 | And what can make you know what is the night comer? | وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ |
| 3 | It is the piercing star – | ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ |
| 4 | There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. | إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ |
| 5 | So let man observe from what he was created. | فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ |
| 6 | He was created from a fluid, ejected, | خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ |
| 7 | Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. | يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ |
| 8 | Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able. | إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ |
| 9 | The Day when secrets will be put on trial, | يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ |
| 10 | Then man will have no power or any helper. | فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ |
| 11 | By the sky which returns [rain] | وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ |
| 12 | And [by] the earth which cracks open, | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ |
| 13 | Indeed, the Qur’an is a decisive statement, | إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ |
| 14 | And it is not amusement. | وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ |
| 15 | Indeed, they are planning a plan, | إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا |
| 16 | But I am planning a plan. | وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا |
| 17 | So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile. | فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا |