Aṭ-Ṭāriq ( ar, الطارق, also known as the Morning Star and by various other names), is the eighty-sixth ''

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'' of the

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, with 17 '' ayat'' or verses. Muslims believe this chapter was sent to

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when he was in

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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

Exegesis

1-4 Sins are being recorded

In this ''sura'', God (

Allah Allah (; ar, الله, translit=Allāh, ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from '' al- ilāh'', which means "the god", an ...

) takes an oath by the sky and ''At-Tariq'' to say that there is an assigned watcher over every human being and all the deeds and sins done by human beings are being recorded.

5-7 Between the backbone and the ribs

Allah then asks the human beings to think about how they were created. He then goes on to say that he has created human beings from the gushing water flowing between the backbone and the ribs.

8-10 Judgment Day

Allah then reminds the human beings about the

Judgment Day The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...

, the day when all the secrets would be revealed. On that day, human beings would have no power and no one would help them.

11-14 Oath on the heaven and the earth

God then takes another oath on the heaven and the earth to say that, whatever being said here is word of God and must be taken very seriously.

15-17 Non-believers plotting a scheme

In the last three verses of the chapter, Allah says that the non-believers are plotting a scheme but in return God is also planning a scheme.

Hadith

The first and foremost

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tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

of the

is found in

hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

of Muhammad. Although scholars including

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claim that Muhammad has commented on the whole of the Quran, others including

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cite the limited amount of narratives, thus indicating that he has commented only on a portion of the Quran. Ḥadīth (حديث) is literally "speech" or "report", that is a recorded saying or tradition of Muhammad validated by

isnad Hadith studies ( ar, علم الحديث ''ʻilm al-ḥadīth'' "science of hadith", also science of hadith, or science of hadith criticism or hadith criticism) consists of several religious scholarly disciplines used by Muslim scholars in th ...

; with

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these comprise the

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and reveal

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. According to

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, the life of Prophet Muhammad was practical implementation of Quran. Therefore, mention in hadith elevates the importance of the pertinent surah from a certain perspective. According to

, the prophet Muhammad used to recite this surah in

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. * Jabir bin Samurah narrated: "For

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and

Asr The Asr prayer ( ar, صلاة العصر ', "afternoon prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer). As an Islamic day starts at sunset, the Asr prayer is technically the fifth prayer of the day. If counted from midnight, it is ...

, Allah's Messenger would recite: By the heavens, holding the Buruj (Surah 85) and (By the heavens and At-Tariq) and similar to them."

Sunan an-Nasa'i ''Al-Sunan al-Sughra'' ( ar, السنن الصغرى), also known as ''Sunan al-Nasa'i'' ( ar, سنن النسائي), is one of the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadiths), and was collected by al-Nasa'i (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE). Descri ...

979 In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 104 English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 980

References

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Tariq Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ...

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