Meccan · 17 verses الطارق

At-Tariq 86

The Night Visitor · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classified as revealed in the Meccan period, this surah swears by the sky and the night-comer, explains that the night-comer is the piercing star, and declares that there is no soul without a guardian over it. It then invites man to consider what he was created from, a gushing fluid emerging from between the backbone and the ribs, and states that God is able to bring him back. On the Day when secrets are put to the test, he will have neither power nor helper. Swearing again by the sky that returns rain and the earth that splits open with plants, it affirms that this is a decisive word and no jest. It closes by saying that the disbelievers are plotting, but God too is planning, so they should be given respite for a while.

• The night-comer star
• A guardian over every soul
• Creation from fluid
• Secrets laid bare
• A decisive word

The name The name comes from verse 1, which swears by the sky and the night-comer, identified in verse 3 as the piercing star.

Start with 86:1 · 86:4 · 86:13

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   وَالسَّمَاءِ왓사마이 وَالطَّارِقِ왓따^r릭

   By바이 the^ð더 sky스카이 and앤드 the^ð더 night-comer!나잇-커머

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2. 2

   وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드^r라카 مَا맛 الطَّارِقُ따^r릭

   And앤드 what왓 will윌 make메이크 you유 know노우 what왓 the^ð더 night-comer나잇-커머 is?이즈

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3. 3

   النَّجْمُ안나즈뭇 الثَّاقِبُ^θ사낍

   It잇 is이즈 the^ð더 piercing피어싱 star.스타

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4. 4

   إِنْ인 كُلُّ쿨루 نَفْسٍ나^f프실 لَمَّا람마 عَلَيْهَا알라이하 حَافِظٌ하^f피^ð드

   There^ð데어 is이즈 no노우 soul소울 but벗 that^ð댓 over오우^v버 it잇 is이즈 a어 guardian.가디언

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5. 5

   فَلْيَنْظُرِ^f팔얀^ð두^r릴 الْإِنْسَانُ인사누 مِمَّ밈마 خُلِقَ쿨릭

   So소우 let렛 man맨 consider컨시더 from^f프^r럼 what왓 he히 was워즈 created.크^r리에이티드

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6. 6

   خُلِقَ쿨리까 مِنْ밈 مَاءٍ마인 دَافِقٍ다^f픽

   He히 was워즈 created크^r리에이티드 from^f프^r럼 a어 fluid,^f플루이드 gushing거슁 forth,^f포^θ스

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7. 7

   يَخْرُجُ야흐^r루주 مِنْ밈 بَيْنِ바이닛 الصُّلْبِ술비 وَالتَّرَائِبِ왓타^r라입

   emerging이머징 from^f프^r럼 between비트윈 the^ð더 backbone백본 and앤드 the^ð더 ribs.^r리브즈

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8. 8

   إِنَّهُ인나후 عَلَىٰ알라 رَجْعِهِ^r라즈이히 لَقَادِرٌ라까디^r르

   Indeed인디드 He히 is이즈 able에이블 to투 bring브^r링 him힘 back.백

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9. 9

   يَوْمَ야우마 تُبْلَى투블랏 السَّرَائِرُ사^r라이^r르

   On안 the^ð더 Day데이 when웬 secrets시크^r럿츠 will윌 be비 put풋 to투 the^ð더 test,테스트

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10. 10

    فَمَا^f파마 لَهُ라후 مِنْ민 قُوَّةٍ꾸와틴 وَلَا왈라 نَاصِرٍ나시^r르

    then^ð덴 he히 will윌 have해^v브 no노우 power파워 and앤드 no노우 helper.헬퍼

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11. 11

    وَالسَّمَاءِ왓사마이 ذَاتِ^ð다티 الرَّجْعِ르^r라즈

    By바이 the^ð더 sky스카이 which위치 returns^r리턴즈 [rain],^r레인

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12. 12

    وَالْأَرْضِ왈아^r르디 ذَاتِ^ð다팃 الصَّدْعِ사드

    and앤드 the^ð디 earth얼^θ스 which위치 splits스플릿츠 [with위^ð드 plants]!플랜츠

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13. 13

    إِنَّهُ인나후 لَقَوْلٌ라까울룬 فَصْلٌ^f파슬

    Indeed인디드 it잇 is이즈 a어 decisive디사이시^v브 word,워드

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14. 14

    وَمَا와마 هُوَ후와 بِالْهَزْلِ빌하즐

    and앤드 it잇 is이즈 not낫 a어 jest.제스트

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15. 15

    إِنَّهُمْ인나훔 يَكِيدُونَ야키두나 كَيْدًا카이다

    Indeed인디드 they^ð데이 are아 plotting플라팅 a어 plot,플랏

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16. 16

    وَأَكِيدُ와아키두 كَيْدًا카이다

    and앤드 I아이 am앰 planning플래닝 a어 plan.플랜

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17. 17

    فَمَهِّلِ^f파마힐릴 الْكَافِرِينَ카^f피^r리나 أَمْهِلْهُمْ암힐훔 رُوَيْدًا^r루와이다

    So소우 give기^v브 respite^r레스핏 to투 the^ð더 disbelievers;디스벌리^v버즈 leave리^v브 them^ð뎀 alone얼론 for^f포 a어 while.와일

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