The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 But I am planning a plan. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17