Asja
Pearl of Islaam
"And do you know what At-Tariq is???"
(1) In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
(2) By the heaven and the Morning Star —
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
(3) And what should make thee know what the Morning Star[3316] is?
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
(4) It is the star of piercing brightness —
إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
(5) There is no soul but has a guardian[3317] over it.
فَلْيَنظُرْ الإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
(6) So let man consider from what he is created.
خُلِقَ مِنْ مَاءٍ دَافِقٍ
(7) He is created from a gushing fluid,[3318]
يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ
(8) Which issues forth from between the loins and the breast-bones.[3318A]
إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ
(9) Surely, He has the power to bring him back to life
يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَائِرُ
(10) On the day when secrets shall be disclosed.
فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَلاَ نَاصِرٍ
(11) Then he will have no strength and no helper.
وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ
(12) By the cloud which gives rain after rain,
وَالأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ
(13) And by the earth which opens out with herbage,[3319]
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ
(14) It is surely a decisive word,
وَمَا هُوَ بِالْهَزْلِ
(15) And it is not a useless talk.
إِنَّهُمْ يَكِيدُونَ كَيْدًا
(16) Surely they plan a plan,
وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا
(17) And I also plan a plan.
فَمَهِّلِ الْكَافِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًا
(18) So give time to the disbelievers. Aye, give them time for a little while
The Virtues of Surat At-Tariq
An-Nasa'i recorded that Jabir said, "Mu`adh lead the Maghrib prayer and he recited Al-Baqarah and An-Nisa'. So the Prophet said,
(Are you putting the people to trial O Mu`adh! Was it not sufficient for you to recite As-Sama'i wat-Tariq, and Ash-Shamsi wa Duhaha, and something like them) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Swearing by the Existence of Humanity surrounded by the Organized System of Allah
Allah swears by the heaven and what He has placed in it of radiant stars. Thus, He says,
By the heaven, and At-Tariq; Then He says,
(And what will make you to know what At-Tariq is) Then He explains it by His saying,
(The star of Ath-Thaqib.) Qatadah and others have said,
"The star has been named Tariq because it is only seen at night and it is hidden during the day.'' His view is supported by what has been mentioned in the authentic Hadith that prohibits a man to come to his family Taruq. This means that he comes to them unexpectedly at nighttime. Concerning Allah's statement,
(Ath-Thaqib.) Ibn `Abbas said, "The illuminating.'' `Ikrimah said, "It is illuminating and it burns the Shaytan'' Then Allah says,
(There is no human being but has a protector over him.) meaning, every soul has a guardian over it from Allah that protects it from the calamities. This is as Allah says,
(For Him, there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by the command of Allah.) (13:11)
How Man is created is a Proof of Allah's Ability to Return Him to Him
(Verily, He is Able to bring him back (to life)!) This means that He is able to return this man that is created from fluid gushed forth. In other words, He is able to repeat his creation and resurrect him to the final abode. This is clearly possible, because whoever is able to begin the creation then he surely is able to repeat it. Indeed Allah has mentioned this proof in more than one place in the Qur'an. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
