The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 [for] no human being has been left unguarded. 4 So let man see from what he is created! 5 He is created from a water dripping, 6 That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test 9 Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And the earth splitting (with plants); 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 it is not a jest. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So respite thou the infidels - respite them gently, 17