The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 And what shall teach thee what is the night-star? 2 - The piercing Star! 3 No soul is there but hath over it a watcher. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 He is created from a drop emitted- 6 Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 Then man will have no power or any helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 BEHOLD, this [divine writ] is indeed a word that distinguishes between truth and falsehood, 13 And it is not amusement. 14 Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile. 17