At-Tariq

Surah 86 of the Quran

الطارق‎ Aṭ-Ṭāriq The Night Star
Arabic text English text
Classification	Meccan
Other names	The Bright Star, The Night-Star, That Which Comes in the Night, The Nightly Visitant, The Night-comer
Position	Juzʼ 30
No. of verses	17
No. of words	61
No. of letters	254

Aṭ-Ṭāriq (Arabic: الطارق, "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer"), is the eighty-sixth sura of the Quran, with 17 ayat or verses. Muslims believe this chapter was revealed in Mecca at a time when the Disbelievers were employing all sorts of devices and plans to defeat and frustrate the message of the Quran and Muhammad.

Summary

• 1-3 Oath by the star of piercing brightness
• 4 Every soul has its guardian angel
• 5-8 God the Creator, and therefore can raise the dead
• 9-10 The judgment-day shall reveal secret thoughts
• 11-14 Oaths by heaven and earth that the Quran is God’s word
• 15-17 Muhammad exhorted to bear patiently with the unbelievers plotting his ruin

Hadith

According to hadith, Muhammad used to recite this surah in Zuhr prayer and Asr prayer.

• Jabir bin Samurah narrated: "For Zuhr and Asr, Allah's Messenger would recite: By the heavens, holding the Buruj (Surah 85) and (By the heavens and At-Tariq) and similar to them."

• Abu bin Ka’b reported that the prophet (peace be upon him) said “Whoever recites Surah At-Tariq, Allah will grant him rewards equal to the number of stars in the Sky, multiplied by Ten good deeds”

• There is a narration from Imam Sadiq which says “Anyone who recites Surah Tariq in his obligatory prayers will have a high rank with Allah in the Hereafter and will be the prophet’s close friend and companion in heaven”. “If recited before taking medicine, then the medicine will be a sure cure. The water in which this Surah has been dissolved should be poured gently on a wound and it will heal with the grace of Allah swt.

External links

• Q86:7, 50+ translations, islamawakened.com
• Quran 86 Clear Quran translation