SURAH AT-TARIQ DALAM TINJAUAN STILISTIKA Ahmad Hizkil

Abstract

This article presents a stylistic (uslūbiyyah) analysis of Surah At-Tariq using the five-level framework commonly applied in Quranic stylistics: phonology (al-mustawā al-ṣautī), morphology (al-mustawā al-ṣarfī), syntax (al-mustawā al-naḥwī), semantics (al-mustawā al-dalālī), and imagery (al-mustawā al-taṣwīrī). This is a qualitative library research using a descriptive-analytical method. The findings show that: 1) the phonological texture of the surah is dominated by the lateral consonant lām and the nasal consonants nūn and mīm, which reinforce the surah's tone of solemn certainty; 2) the alternation between the passive verb khuliqa and the active-implied oath structures foregrounds divine agency in creation; 3) the surah is built on syntactic parallelism and repetition, particularly the doubled root k-y-d in verses 15–16 and the repeated root r-j-ʿ linking human resurrection with the water cycle; 4) semantically, key words such as at-ṭāriq, ar-rajʿ, and as-sarāʾir carry layered meanings that connect the cosmic oath to the eschatological message; 5) the imagery of the piercing star (an-najmu aṭ-ṭāqib) and the gushing fluid (māʾin dāfiq) functions as majāz that mirrors the surah's central argument: what appears small or hidden nonetheless carries decisive power, just as the Creator who made the first creation is certainly able to bring about the resurrection.

Keywords: Al-Quran, At-Tariq, Stylistics, Uslub