The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 (It is) the star of piercing brightness; 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 That issued from between the loins and ribs. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare, 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 And the earth splitting (with plants); 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 Surely they will make a scheme, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17