The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 (It is) the star of piercing brightness; 3 [for] no human being has been left unguarded. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created from a fluid, ejected, 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 And no trifle. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 And I secretly plan. 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17