The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 The piercing star! 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able. 8 on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare, 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 By the heaven which returneth, 11 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 And it is not a frivolity. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 but I too plan against them. 16 so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while. 17