وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِ ۟ۙوَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِۙ
By the heavens and that which comes in the night—
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ ۟ۙوَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الطَّارِقُۙ
and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night?
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ ۟ۙالنَّجۡمُ الثَّاقِبُۙ
It is the shining star —
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَیْهَا حَافِظٌ ۟ؕاِنۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌؕ
[for] no human being has been left unguarded.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَلْیَنْظُرِ الْاِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ۟ؕفَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَؕ
Let man reflect on what he was created from.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
خُلِقَ مِنْ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۟ۙخُلِقَ مِنۡ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍۙ
He was created from spurting fluid,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
یَّخْرُجُ مِنْ بَیْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآىِٕبِ ۟ؕيَّخۡرُجُ مِنۡۢ بَيۡنِ الصُّلۡبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِؕ
issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone:
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اِنَّهٗ عَلٰی رَجْعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌ ۟ؕاِنَّهٗ عَلٰى رَجۡعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌؕ
He certainly has the power to bring him back to life.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
یَوْمَ تُبْلَی السَّرَآىِٕرُ ۟ۙيَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى السَّرَآئِرُۙ
On the Day when secrets are disclosed,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَمَا لَهٗ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍ ۟ؕفَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍؕ
[man] will have no power, and no helper.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ ۟ۙوَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجۡعِۙ
By the heavens, ever-revolving,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَالْاَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ ۟ۙوَالۡاَرۡضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدۡعِۙ
by the earth cracking open with new growth.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ ۟ۙاِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌۙ
It is surely a decisive utterance;
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ ۟ؕوَّمَا هُوَ بِالۡهَزۡلِؕ
and is not to be taken lightly.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
اِنَّهُمْ یَكِیْدُوْنَ كَیْدًا ۟ۙاِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًا
They are planning a scheme,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
وَّاَكِیْدُ كَیْدًا ۟ۚۖوَّاَكِيۡدُ كَيۡدًا
and so am I:
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
فَمَهِّلِ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ اَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَیْدًا ۟۠فَمَهِّلِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدًا
so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 86:1–17
A star shining upon a man is a symbolic reminder of the fact that an Observer is watching him. This Observer is recording man’s deeds. He will resurrect man after his death and take the reckoning of all his deeds. It is the period of respite (during which man is put to the test) which acts as a ‘wedge’ between man and the aforesaid event. As soon as the period of trial is over, he will face the consequences—from which he seems to be far away today.