The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 It is the shining star -- 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He was created of spurting water 6 that issues from between the loins and the ribs. 7 God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). 8 on the Day when consciences are examined, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the heaven which returneth, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 Indeed, they are planning a plan, 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 So respite thou the infidels - respite them gently, 17