The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 (It is) the piercing star. 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 Coming from between the back and the ribs. 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 (Man) will have no power, and no helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil): 13 And it is not a thing for amusement. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 but I too plan against them. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17