Meccan·Surah 86

الطارق

Surah At-Tariq — Ayah 3

The Morning Star

17 Ayahs·Verse 86:3
86:3

ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ

It is the piercing star -

Context in Surah At-Tariq

Nearby ayahs help place verse 86:3 in sequence and meaning.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

By the sky and the night comer -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ

And what can make you know what is the night comer?

إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.

فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created.