Aṭ-Ṭāriq الطارق "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer"

Holy Quran

Aṭ-Ṭāriq( الطارق, "the Morning Star", "Nightcomer"), is the eighty-sixth sura of the Quran, with 17 ayat or verses. Muslims believe this chapter was sent to Muhammad when he was in Mecca.

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 [2]

Hadith

According to hadith, Muhammad used to recite this surah in Zuhr prayer and Asr prayer.

• Jabir bin Samurah narrated: "For Zuhr and Asr, Allah's Messenger would recite: By the heavens, holding the Buruj (Surah 85) and (By the heavens and At-Tariq) and similar to them."[3][4][5]