Surah 86 — At-Taariq — The Quran Answered

The Quran — Refutation Edition

Surah 86 — At-Taariq

The Morning Star · 17 ayahs · Pickthall translation (1930, public domain). Highlighted ayahs are answered beneath the text.

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1By the heaven and the Morning Star

2- Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

3- The piercing Star!

4No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

5So let man consider from what he is created.

6He is created from a gushing fluid ★ REFUTED

★ REFUTATION — Created from fluid “between the loins and the ribs”

Against Science

Man is said to be created from fluid issuing 'from between the loins and the ribs.' The reproductive organs are not between the backbone and the ribs, and the verse's anatomy is the anatomy of ancient medicine. The God who knit us together in the womb (Psalm 139:13) does not err about the bodies He made.

Psalms 139:13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Job 10:8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

7That issued from between the loins and ribs.

8Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

9On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

10Then will he have no might nor any helper.

11By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

12And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

13Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

14It is no pleasantry.

15Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

16And I plot a plot (against them).

17So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

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