The Comet (Al-Taareq)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 He was created from ejaculated water 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They (disbelievers) plot every evil plan, 15 But I am planning a plan. 16 Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. 17