At-Tariq

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الطارق‎ Aṭ-Ṭāriq The Night Star
Arabic text English translation
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

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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 sent to Muhammad when he was in Mecca.

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."

References

1. ^ Ibn Kathir. "Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Tariq". Quran 4 U. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
2. ^ Wherry, Elwood Morris (1896). A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. ^ Sunan al-Tirmidhi 307 In-book reference  : Book 2, Hadith 159 English translation  : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 307
4. ^ Sunan Abu Dawud 805 In-book reference  : Book 2, Hadith 415 English translation  : Book 3, Hadith 804
5. ^ Sunan an-Nasa'i 979 In-book reference  : Book 11, Hadith 104 English translation  : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 980

External links

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

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