Aṭ-Ṭāriq[1] (
Arabic: الطارق, "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer"), is the
eighty-sixthsura 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 [2]
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]
^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.
^Sunan al-Tirmidhi 307
In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 159
English translation : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 307
^Sunan Abu Dawud 805
In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 415
English translation : Book 3, Hadith 804
^Sunan an-Nasa'i 979
In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 104
English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 980