The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created of water pouring forth, 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 And I am plotting a plot. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17