The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He is created from a drop emitted- 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Verily He is Able to restore him, 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 and is no idle tale. 14 Verily they are plotting a plot. 15 And I am plotting a plot. 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17