The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 The star of piercing brightness; 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man see from what he is created! 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 That issued from between the loins and ribs. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 By the heavens, ever-revolving, 11 and the earth, bursting forth with plants! 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 not a flippant jest. 14 Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17