The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 And what can make you know what is the night comer? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 He is created from a drop emitted- 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 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 by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement, 13 And it is not a frivolity. 14 They are devising guile, 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17