The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is! 2 - The piercing Star! 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 So let man see from what he is created! 5 He is created of water pouring forth, 6 That issueth from between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By oath of the sky from which comes down the rain. 11 And by the earth which splitteth, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 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