The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 And what can make you know what is the night comer? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 There is not a soul but over it is a keeper. 4 Let the human reflect of what he is created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 God has certainly power to bring him back (from the dead). 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 I swear by the raingiving heavens, 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 this (Qur'an) is surely a decisive Word, 13 It is no pleasantry. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17