The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 The star of piercing brightness; 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Let man consider what he was made of: 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the Firmament which returns (in its round), 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 And it is not a thing for amusement. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 And I (too) am planning a plan. 16 so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while. 17