The Comet (Al-Taareq)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 He was created from a fluid, ejected, 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 (Man) will have no power, and no helper. 10 By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain. 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Surely they will make a scheme, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. 17