The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 And what shall teach thee what is the night-star? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 God has all power to resurrect him. 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 [man] will have no power, and no helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 They (disbelievers) plot every evil plan, 15 but I too plan against them. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17