The Nightcommer
Surah
At-Tariq
86
﷽
86:1
١
By the heaven and the nightly star!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

By the sky and the night comer

— Saheeh International

86:2
٢
And what will make you realize what the nightly star is?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

— Saheeh International

86:3
٣
˹It is˺ the star of piercing brightness.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

It is the piercing star1

— Saheeh International

86:4
٤
There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

— Saheeh International

86:5
٥
Let people then consider what they were created from!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So let man observe from what he was created.

— Saheeh International

86:6
٦
˹They were˺ created from a spurting fluid,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He was created from a fluid, ejected,

— Saheeh International

86:7
٧
stemming from between the backbone and the ribcage.1

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.

— Saheeh International

86:8
٨
Surely He is fully capable of bringing them back ˹to life˺

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, He [i.e., Allah], to return him [to life], is Able.

— Saheeh International

86:9
٩
on the Day all secrets will be disclosed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

The Day when secrets will be put on trial,1

— Saheeh International

86:10
١٠
Then one will have neither power nor ˹any˺ helper.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.

— Saheeh International

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