The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest, 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 Verily, it is a discourse distinguishing. 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 and so am I: 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17