The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 It is the piercing star. 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 which comes out of the loins and ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 (Man) will have no power, and no helper. 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 And it is not a frivolity. 14 They are planning a scheme, 15 And I am planning a scheme. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17