The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the heavens and al-tariq. 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 emanating from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 (Man) will have no power, and no helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 And it is not a frivolity. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 So respite thou the infidels - respite them gently, 17