The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the star shining brightly. 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 Coming from between the back and the ribs. 7 God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). 8 on the Day when consciences are examined, 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 Verily, it is a discourse distinguishing. 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17