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Chapter 86

The Nightly Visitoral-Ṭāriq ( الطارق )

17 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that opens with the oath of the Divine One swearing by the sky of the world and The Nightly Visitor so called because it comes by night and leaves by day. It takes its name from verse 1 which mentions “the night-comer” or “nightly visitor” (ṭāriq). The surah focuses on a series of examples of things coming out: the piercing night-star, spurting semen, the baby that bursts out of the womb, and plants that sprout out of the ground. All of these are used to illustrate resurrection from the grave.«

The surah is also known as The Night Star, The Night-Comer, The Night-Visitant, The Nightcomer, The Nightly Visitant, The Piercing Star

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Uzunoglu et al.: In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Compassionate.,

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وَالسَّماءِ وَالطّارِقِ

Uzunoglu et al.

This sūrah takes its name from the word aṭ-Ṭāriq which occurs in the first verses meaning the shining star which appears towards dawn. Metaphorically it means the Prophet himself, emerged from the darkness of the Age of lgnorance.
By the heaven, and by the night star!