The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 Created from a gushing fluid. 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able. 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil): 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 Indeed, they are planning a plan, 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17