The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 For every soul there is a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 He is created from a water dripping, 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 They (disbelievers) plot every evil plan, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17