Surah 86 · verse 2
At-Tariq 86:2
Sign in to listenوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
wa ma adraka ma at-tariq
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 1Verse 2 Verse 3
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالسَّمَاءِ وَالطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the night comer -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what is the night comer?
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star -
Verse 4إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ
There is no soul but that it has over it a protector.
Verse 5فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ
So let man observe from what he was created.