The Comet (Al-Taareq)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 And what can make you know what is the night comer? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 Let the human reflect of what he is created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The day all secrets are examined 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. 17