The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;- 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 emanating from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Verily He is Able to restore him, 8 on the Day when consciences are examined, 9 Then will he have no might nor any helper. 10 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain, 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 the Quran is the final word, 13 not a flippant jest. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 And I plot a plot (against them). 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17