The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the heavens and al-tariq. 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper. 10 Consider the heavens, ever-revolving, 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 Verily, it is a discourse distinguishing. 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)). 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17