The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 2 It is the star shining brightly. 3 [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 By the heaven which returneth, 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 it is no merriment. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while. 17