The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By oath of the heaven, and by oath of the nightly arriver. 1 And what shall make thee know that which the night-comer is? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He was created from spurting fluid, 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able. 8 on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare, 9 (Man) will have no power, and no helper. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 by earth splitting with verdure, 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 They are devising guile, 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while. 17