The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He was created of spurting water 6 That issued from between the loins and ribs. 7 Surely He (the Creator) has the power to bring him back (to life). 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 [man] will have no power, and no helper. 10 By the heaven with its recurring cycle of rain, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 That this is a decisive word 13 And no trifle. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 But I am planning a plan. 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17