The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 There is no human being but has a protector over him (or her) (i.e. angels incharge of each human being guarding him, writing his good and bad deeds, etc.) 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs, 7 Verily He is Able to restore him, 8 On the day when all secrets will be made public, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain, 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 They are devising guile, 15 But I too am devising a plan. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17