The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 For every soul there is a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain, 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 and is no idle tale. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 And I plot a plot (against them). 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17