The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 It is the piercing star - 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He was created from spurting fluid, 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 On the day when all secrets will be made public, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the heavens, ever-revolving, 11 And the earth splitting (with plants); 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 And it is no joke. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17