The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 And what shall teach thee what is the night-star? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 For every soul there is a watcher. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 He was created of spurting water 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 He will have no strength or helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 Behold this is the Word that distinguishes (Good from Evil): 13 and is no idle tale. 14 They are devising guile, 15 and I am devising guile. 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17