The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 And what shall teach thee what is the night-star? 2 It is the piercing star. 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 Then he shall have no power nor any helper. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 and is no idle tale. 14 Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)). 15 and I am devising guile. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17