The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created from a fluid, ejected, 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 Consider the heavens, ever-revolving, 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 But I am planning a plan. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17