The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He was created from spurting fluid, 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 A day when the secrets will be examined. 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 by earth splitting with verdure, 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 And it is not amusement. 14 Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)). 15 and I am devising guile. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17