The Comet (Al-Taareq)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 It is the piercing star. 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He has been created from an ejected drop of fluid 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 secrets are disclosed, 9 Then man will have no power or any helper. 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 it is no merriment. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 And I (too) am planning a plan. 16 Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. 17