The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He was created of spurting water 6 Proceeding from between the back-bone and the ribs, 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And the earth splitting (with plants); 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 but I shall bring all their scheming to nought. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17