Surah 086

Aṭ-Ṭāriq

الطارق

17 verses · Meccan

Key structural observations

The surah is structured as an axis of transparency: from the sky to the chest, nothing remains truly sealed.
Its governing image is the piercing star: darkness is not a vault, and closure is not yet protection when a single thāqib can cross the veil.
The surah culminates in a shift from lock-based safety to ṣidq-based covering: true sitr is not made by concealment, but by an interior ordered before the day secrets are tested.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ

يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ

إِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ

فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ

وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ

إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا