The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 2 The star of piercing brightness; 3 There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 He has been created from an ejected drop of fluid 6 that issues from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 and the earth, bursting forth with plants! 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17