The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 And what can make you know what is the night comer? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 And it is no joke. 14 Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. 15 But I too am devising a plan. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17