The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 - The piercing Star! 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 and is no idle tale. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 but I too plan against them. 16 So leave the unbelievers to themselves; respite them awhile. 17