Aṭ-Ṭāriq[1] (Arabic: الطارق, also known as the Morning Star and by various other names), 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]

Exegesis
1-4 Sins are being recorded
In this sura, God (Allah) takes an oath by the sky and At-Tariq to say that there is an assigned watcher over every human being and all the deeds and sins done by human beings are being recorded.

5-7 Between the backbone and the ribs
Allah then asks the human beings to think about how they were created. He then goes on to say that he has created human beings from the gushing water flowing between the backbone and the ribs.[1]

8-10 Judgment Day
Allah then reminds the human beings about the Judgment Day, the day when all the secrets would be revealed. On that day, human beings would have no power and no one would help them.

11-14 Oath on the heaven and the earth
God then takes another oath on the heaven and the earth to say that, whatever being said here is word of God and must be taken very seriously.

15-17 Non-believers plotting a scheme
In the last three verses of the chapter, Allah says that the non-believers are plotting a scheme but in return God is also planning a scheme.

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