The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 He shall have neither strength nor helper. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 by earth splitting with verdure, 12 Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil): 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They are planning a scheme, 15 and I am devising guile. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17