The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 (It is) the star of piercing brightness; 3 There is no soul which is not guarded (by the two angels who record all of its deeds). 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 On the day when all secrets will be made public, 9 Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper. 10 By the heaven which returneth, 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 And it is not a thing for amusement. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 and I am devising guile. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17