The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And what will make you know what the comer by night is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 He has been created from an ejected drop of fluid 6 Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs: 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. 9 Then will he have no might nor any helper. 10 By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again. 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 And I am planning a scheme. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17