The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 (It is) the piercing star. 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 So let man observe from what he was created. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 8 on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare, 9 He will have no strength or helper. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 the Quran is the final word, 13 and is not to be taken lightly. 14 Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)). 15 but I shall bring all their scheming to nought. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17