The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven and the Morning Star 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He has been created from an ejected drop of fluid 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 And the earth splitting (with plants); 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 And it is no joke. 14 They are planning a scheme, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17