The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 2 - The piercing Star! 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 So man must consider from what he has been created. 5 He is created of water pouring forth, 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the rotating heavens 11 by the earth cracking open with new growth. 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17