At-Tariq

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

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."