The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 It is the piercing star. 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 That issued from between the loins and ribs. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 A day when the secrets will be examined. 9 Then he shall have no power nor any helper. 10 By the heaven which returneth, 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Surely they will make a scheme, 15 and so am I: 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17