The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the heaven, and the night-visitor, 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 The star of piercing brightness; 3 There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. 4 So let man consider of what he was created; 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 He certainly has the power to bring him back to life. 8 The Day when secrets will be put on trial, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 by the earth cracking open with new growth. 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 it is no merriment. 14 Verily they are plotting a plot. 15 but I shall bring all their scheming to nought. 16 So leave the unbelievers to themselves; respite them awhile. 17