The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement, 13 And it is no joke. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 but I shall bring all their scheming to nought. 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17