The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 There is no soul but has a protector over it. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 He was created from a fluid, ejected, 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life). 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 Then man will have no power or any helper. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 And it is no joke. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 And I secretly plan. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17