The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And what shall make thee know that which the night-comer is? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs, 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest, 9 He will have no strength or helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 Verily! This (the Quran) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil). 13 it is not a jest. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17