The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 So let man consider of what he is created: 5 He was created from spurting fluid, 6 that issues from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 upon the day when the secrets are tried, 9 He will have no strength or helper. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 it is not a jest. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 but I shall bring all their scheming to nought. 16 So respite thou the infidels - respite them gently, 17