The Comet (Al-Taareq)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the piercing star. 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 gushing fluid 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 on the Day when all secrets will be laid bare, 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again. 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 not a flippant jest. 14 Verily they are plotting a plot. 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. 17