At-Tariq 86
The Night VisitorHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small 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
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small 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.
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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.
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1
By the sky and the night-comer!
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2
And what will make you know what the night-comer is?
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It is the piercing star.
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There is no soul but that over it is a guardian.
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So let man consider from what he was created.
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He was created from a fluid, gushing forth,
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emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
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Indeed He is able to bring him back.
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On the Day when secrets will be put to the test,
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10
then he will have no power and no helper.
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11
By the sky which returns [rain],
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and the earth which splits [with plants]!
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Indeed it is a decisive word,
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and it is not a jest.
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Indeed they are plotting a plot,
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and I am planning a plan.
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So give respite to the disbelievers; leave them alone for a while.