The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created of spurting water 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 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the Firmament which returns (in its round), 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 And I am plotting a plot. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17