The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 It is the star shining brightly. 3 [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 Created from 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 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 it is not a jest. 14 They are devising guile, 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17