The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 And what shall make thee know that which the night-comer is? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man consider of what he was created; 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 The day all secrets are examined 9 [man] will have no power, and no helper. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 and the replenishing earth, 12 Verily! This (the Quran) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil). 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17