Saheeh International · English translation

The Qurʾān

The complete text, all 114 sūrahs, 6236 verses. English by Saheeh International (Umm Muhammad), the Saudi-sanctioned mainstream Sunni edition. Arabic preserved alongside.

Sūrah 86

aṭ-Ṭāriq

The Night-Comer · 17 verses
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥeem
  1. 1By the sky and the night comerوَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
  2. 2And what can make you know what is the night comerوَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
  3. 3It is the piercing starٱلنَّجۡمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
  4. 4There is no soul but that it has over it a protectorإِن كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٞ
  5. 5So let man observe from what he was createdفَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
  6. 6He was created from a fluid, ejectedخُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٖ دَافِقٖ
  7. 7Emerging from between the backbone and the ribsيَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ
  8. 8Indeed, Allāh, to return him [to life], is Ableإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجۡعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٞ
  9. 9The Day when secrets will be put on trialيَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ
  10. 10Then man will have no power or any helperفَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٖ وَلَا نَاصِرٖ
  11. 11By the sky which returns [rain]وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجۡعِ
  12. 12And [by] the earth which cracks openوَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدۡعِ
  13. 13Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statementإِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلٞ فَصۡلٞ
  14. 14And it is not amusementوَمَا هُوَ بِٱلۡهَزۡلِ
  15. 15Indeed, they are planning a planإِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗا
  16. 16But I am planning a planوَأَكِيدُ كَيۡدٗا
  17. 17So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhileفَمَهِّلِ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدَۢا