The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created of spurting water 6 Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs, 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again. 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 And no trifle. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 And I (too) am planning a plan. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17