The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 [man] will have no power, and no helper. 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 it is no merriment. 14 Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. 15 But I am planning a plan. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17