The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He is created from a water dripping, 6 That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 Then man will have no power or any helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 by earth splitting with verdure, 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 it is not a jest. 14 They are devising guile, 15 and I am devising guile. 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17