The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. 1 And what can make you know what is the night comer? 2 It is the piercing star. 3 There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs, 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 Then he shall have no power nor any helper. 10 By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain. 11 and the replenishing earth, 12 That this is a decisive word 13 And it is not a thing for amusement. 14 They are planning a scheme, 15 and so am I: 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17