The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 It is the piercing star. 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 So let man consider of what he was created; 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 it is not a jest. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 And I (too) am planning a plan. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17