The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the shining star -- 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 So let man see from what he is created! 5 He was created from spurting fluid, 6 which comes out of the loins and ribs. 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 He shall have neither strength nor helper. 10 By the rotating heavens 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 And no trifle. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 But I am planning a plan. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17