The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 (It is) the piercing star. 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He was created of spurting water 6 Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Verily He is Able to restore him, 8 On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 And the earth which opens up (with verdure), 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 it is not a jest. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 And I (too) am planning a plan. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17