The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 Let the human reflect of what he is created. 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 He will have no strength or helper. 10 Consider the heavens, ever-revolving, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 And I am plotting a plot. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17