The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
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 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 They are devising guile, 15 But I too am devising a plan. 16 Let, then, the deniers of the truth have their will: let them have their will for a little while. 17