وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ١
wal-samāi wal-ṭāriqi
1. By the sky and the knocker
Surah At-Tariq transliteration
سورة الطارق
Here is Surah At-Tariq (“The Nightcomer”) in transliteration: each of its 17 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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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
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ٢
wamā adrāka mā l-ṭāriqu
2. And what can make you know what is the knocker?
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ ٣
al-najmu l-thāqibu
3. It is the piercing star1901.
Notes
[1901] Whose light pierces through the darkness.
إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ٤
in kullu nafsin lammā ʿalayhā ḥāfiẓun
4. There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ٥
falyanẓuri l-insānu mimma khuliqa
5. So let man observe from what he was created.
خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ٦
khuliqa min māin dāfiqin
6. He was created from a fluid, ejected,
يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ ٱلصُّلْبِ وَٱلتَّرَآئِبِ ٧
yakhruju min bayni l-ṣul'bi wal-tarāibi
7. Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs.
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ ٨
innahu ʿalā rajʿihi laqādirun
8. Indeed, He [i.e., Allāh], to return him [to life], is Able.
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ٩
yawma tub'lā l-sarāiru
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
famā lahu min quwwatin walā nāṣirin
10. Then he [i.e., man] will have no power or any helper.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ ١١
wal-samāi dhāti l-rajʿi
11. By the sky which sends back1903
Notes
[1903] Rain, heat, sound waves, etc.
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ٱلصَّدْعِ ١٢
wal-arḍi dhāti l-ṣadʿi
12. And [by] the earth which splits,1904
Notes
[1904] With plant growth or from geological rifts.
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ١٣
innahu laqawlun faṣlun
13. Indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a decisive statement,
وَمَا هُوَ بِٱلْهَزْلِ ١٤
wamā huwa bil-hazli
14. And it is not amusement.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ١٥
innahum yakīdūna kaydan
15. Indeed, they are planning a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ١٦
wa-akīdu kaydan
16. But I am planning a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا ١٧
famahhili l-kāfirīna amhil'hum ruwaydan
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.
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