The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 A day when the secrets will be examined. 9 Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper. 10 By the Firmament which returns (in its round), 11 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 12 Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement, 13 and is no idle tale. 14 Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. 15 and I am devising guile. 16 So respite thou the infidels - respite them gently, 17