The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven and the Morning Star 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 - The piercing Star! 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created from ejaculated water 6 Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs, 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The day all secrets are examined 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain, 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 And no trifle. 14 Verily, they are but plotting a plot (against you O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)). 15 but I shall bring all their scheming to nought. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17