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سُورَةُ الطَّارِقِ مَكِّيَّةٌ آيَاتُهَا ١٧

Surah At-Tariq: Thematic English Translation (Mustafa Çevik)

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

At-Tariq 1

1 verse

وَالسَّمَٓاءِ وَالطَّارِقِۙ ۝١

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

1Vessemâi veṭṭâriḳ.

Verse 1

By the sky, by what has been created in it, and by the Tariq, which begins to appear at an hour of the night.

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At-Tariq 2–4

3 verses

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ ۝٢ اَلنَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ ۝٣ اِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌۜ ۝٤

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

2Vemâ edrâke me-ṭṭâriḳ.

Transliteration

3Ennecmü-ŝŝâḳib.

Transliteration

4İn küllü nefsil lemmâ ʿaleyhâ ḥâfiż.

Verses 2–4

It is We who make known to you what the Tariq is. It is a star created to light up the darkness, just like Allah’s verses, which with their light illuminate people’s darkened hearts and their lives that have grown unable to see the truths before their eyes. Let the human being not forget that he is under Allah’s watchful care and protection.

At-Tariq 5–7

3 verses

فَلْيَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَۜ ۝٥ خُلِقَ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ دَافِقٍۙ ۝٦ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَٓائِبِۜ ۝٧

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

5Felyenżuri-lʾinsânü mimme ḫuliḳ.

Transliteration

6Ḫuliḳa mim mâin dâfiḳ.

Transliteration

7Yaḫrucü mim beyni-ṣṣulbi vetterâib.

Verses 5–7

Let the human being look and reflect on what he was created from. We created him from a fluid that issues from the man’s thigh bone and from within the woman’s ribcage.

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At-Tariq 8

1 verse

اِنَّهُ عَلٰى رَجْعِه۪ لَقَادِرٌۜ ۝٨

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

8İnnehû ʿalâ racʿihî leḳâdir.

Verse 8

Surely the knowledge and power of Allah, who brought the human being into being from nothing and created him, are enough to raise him again after death and call him to account.

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At-Tariq 9–10

2 verses

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَٓائِرُۙ ۝٩ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍۜ ۝١٠

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

9Yevme tüble-sserâir.

Transliteration

10Femâ lehû min ḳuvvetiv velâ nâṣir.

Verses 9–10

On that Day of Reckoning, when nothing will stay hidden and everything will come plainly to light, no power can help the human being.

At-Tariq 11–14

4 verses

وَالسَّمَٓاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِۙ ۝١١ وَالْاَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِۙ ۝١٢ اِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌۙ ۝١٣ وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِۜ ۝١٤

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

11Vessemâi ẕâti-rrac.

Transliteration

12Velʾarḍi ẕâti-ṣṣad.

Transliteration

13İnnehû leḳavlün faṣl.

Transliteration

14Vemâ hüve bilhezl.

Verses 11–14

By the sky that keeps turning, and by the earth from which what is created as provision comes forth, this Quran is a Book made up of Allah’s words that separates the right order of life from what is wrong, and there is no jest in it at all.

At-Tariq 15–16

2 verses

اِنَّهُمْ يَك۪يدُونَ كَيْدًاۙ ۝١٥ وَاَك۪يدُ كَيْدًاۚ ۝١٦

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

15İnnehüm yekîdûne keydâ.

Transliteration

16Veekîdü keydâ.

Verses 15–16

Some people not only refuse the call made through the Quran but also set traps for the believers so that they can keep their own order going. And I upset their traps and bring them to nothing.

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At-Tariq 17

1 verse

فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ اَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا ۝١٧

Mushaf

Transliteration

Transliteration

17Femehhili-lkâfirîne emhilhüm ruveydâ.

Verse 17

O Prophet! Deal patiently with them for a while longer, so that they may see and understand the truth.

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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik. The explanatory translation was compiled by combining various translations.

The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.

In the order of revelation, before this surah came Al-Balad, and after it Al-Qamar . All surahs in order of revelation