The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 He was created of spurting water 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 Then will he have no might nor any helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Verily they are plotting a plot. 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 So bear with unbelievers with patience, and give them respite for a while. 17