The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He has been created from an ejected drop of fluid 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 The day all secrets are examined 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And by oath of the earth which flourishes with it. 12 Indeed the Qur’an is a decisive Word. 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 And I secretly plan. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17