The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 (It is) the piercing star. 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He is created from a drop emitted- 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 it is not a jest. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while. 17