At-Tariq

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ1

   By the sky and the knocker

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2. Verse 2:

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ2

   And what can make you know what is the knocker?

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3. Verse 3:

   ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ3

   It is the piercing star^{note 1901}.

   Notes, Verse 3

   [1901] Whose light pierces through the darkness.

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4. Verse 4:

   إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ4

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

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5. Verse 5:

   فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ5

   So let man observe from what he was created.

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6. Verse 6:

   خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ6

   He was created from a fluid, ejected,

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7. Verse 7:

   يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ7

   Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

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8. Verse 8:

   إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ8

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

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9. Verse 9:

   يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ9

   The Day when secrets will be put on trial,^{note 1902}

   Notes, Verse 9

   [1902] i.e., exposed, examined and judged.

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10. Verse 10:

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ10

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

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11. Verse 11:

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ11

    By the sky which sends back^{note 1903}

    Notes, Verse 11

    [1903] Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.

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12. Verse 12:

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ12

    And [by] the earth which splits,^{note 1904}

    Notes, Verse 12

    [1904] With plant growth or from geological rifts.

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13. Verse 13:

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ13

    Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,

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14. Verse 14:

    وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ14

    And it is not amusement.

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15. Verse 15:

    إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا15

    Indeed, they are planning a plan,

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16. Verse 16:

    وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا16

    But I am planning a plan.

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17. Verse 17:

    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا17

    So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.^{note 1905}

    Notes, Verse 17

    [1905] i.e., Do not be in haste for revenge, for you will see what will become of them.

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