The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 (It is) the star of piercing brightness; 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 Coming from between the back and the ribs. 7 Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life). 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain, 11 and the replenishing earth, 12 Verily! This (the Quran) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil). 13 and is no idle tale. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17