The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 There is no soul which is not guarded (by the two angels who record all of its deeds). 4 So let man observe from what he was created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain. 11 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 And is not a matter of amusement. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17