وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١
1. By the sky and the knocker
Memorize Surah At-Tariq
سورة الطارق
Surah At-Tariq has 17 verses on one page of the Madinah mushaf (page 591), in juz 30. It is learned in a single portion: listen to it, repeat it, hide it bit by bit, then recite it from memory.
Memorization plan for Surah At-Tariq
A single portion. Tap a portion to practise it; its status stays in this browser.
One portion: a few sessions are enough, then spaced reviews.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢
2. And what can make you know what is the knocker?
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣
3. It is the piercing star1901.
Notes
[1901] Whose light pierces through the darkness.
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ٤
4. There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥
5. So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ٦
6. He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧
7. Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ٨
8. Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩
9. The Day when secrets will be put on trial,1902
Notes
[1902] i.e., exposed, examined and judged.
فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ ١٠
10. Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ١١
11. By the sky which sends back1903
Notes
[1903] Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ١٢
12. And [by] the earth which splits,1904
Notes
[1904] With plant growth or from geological rifts.
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ١٣
13. Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ١٤
14. And it is not amusement.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ١٥
15. Indeed, they are planning a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ١٦
16. But I am planning a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ١٧
17. So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.1905
Notes
[1905] i.e., Do not be in haste for revenge, for you will see what will become of them.
Verses not to confuse
One verse of Surah At-Tariq resembles other verses of the Quran: a classic trap when reciting from memory. The closest ones:
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At-Tariq 86:2
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
Al-Haqqah 69:3وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ
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- Repeat
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- Hide
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- Recite
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- Review
Come back to each portion the next day, then at longer and longer intervals, and review before learning something new.