The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 (It is) the star of piercing brightness; 3 [for] no human being has been left unguarded. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 that issues from between the loins and the ribs. 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17