The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 Let man consider what he was made of: 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 emanating from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. 12 Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement, 13 it is not a jest. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17