The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 It is the piercing star. 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 Let the human reflect of what he is created. 5 He is created of water pouring forth, 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 Then will he have no might 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 it is not a jest. 14 Verily they are plotting a plot. 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile. 17