The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 Let the human reflect of what he is created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 but I too plan against them. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while. 17