The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sky and the night comer - 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 (It is) the piercing star. 3 There is no soul which is not guarded (by the two angels who record all of its deeds). 4 Let the human reflect of what he is created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest, 9 Then man will have no power or any helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. 12 Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil): 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17