The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 And what shall make thee know that which the night-comer is? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test 9 Then will he have no might nor any helper. 10 By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again. 11 by the earth cracking open with new growth. 12 Verily! This (the Quran) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil). 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 But I too am devising a plan. 16 So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile. 17