At-Tariq Explained
| Number: | 86 |
| Number-3: | 086 |
| Aṭ-Ṭāriq |
| Name-Ar: | الطارق |
| Name-En: | The Night Star |
| Prev Sura: | Quran 85 |
| Next Sura: | Quran 87 |
| Classification: | Meccan |
| Othernames: | The Bright Star, The Night-Star, That Which Comes in the Night, The Nightly Visitant, The Night-comer |
| Juz: | 30 |
| Verses: | 17 |
| Words: | 61 |
| Letters: | 254 |
| Audio: | Chapter 86, At-Tariq (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3 |
Aṭ-Ṭāriq[1] (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 [2]
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."[3] [4] [5]
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Tariq . Quran 4 U. Ibn Kathir. Ibn Kathir. 9 April 2020.
- Book: Wherry . Elwood Morris . Elwood Morris Wherry . A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes . 1896 . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co . London.
- [Sunan al-Tirmidhi]
- [Sunan Abu Dawud]
- [Sunan an-Nasa'i]
