The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 It is the piercing star. 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 He is created of water pouring forth, 6 emanating from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 The Day that (all) things secret will be tested, 9 and he shall have no strength, no helper. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 And it is not a thing for amusement. 14 They are devising guile, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17