The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By heaven and the night-star! 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 - The piercing Star! 3 There is no soul but has a protector over it. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 God has all power to resurrect him. 8 on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare, 9 Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They are cunningly devising, 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