The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 - The piercing Star! 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able. 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 it is not a jest. 14 Surely they will make a scheme, 15 And I secretly plan. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17