The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 And what can make you know what is the night comer? 2 The star of piercing brightness; 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he is created: 5 He was created from a fluid, ejected, 6 that issues from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Verily He is Able to restore him, 8 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest, 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 it is no merriment. 14 Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. 15 but I too plan against them. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17