What does Quran 86:1 mean?

Quran 86:1 (Surah At-Taariq, Ayah 1) translates to: "By the sky and the night comer -"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 86:1 from?

This ayah is from Surah At-Taariq (The Morning Star), the 86th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Divine Order, Divine Attributes, Tawhid.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

Wassamaaa'i wattaariq

By the sky and the night comer -

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

3 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

86:1Ayah 117

4 ayahs in At-Taariq are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

By the heaven and the night-visitor! al-tāriq actually denotes any thing that comes by night including stars because they come out at night.

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