The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the shining star -- 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Let man consider what he was made of: 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 he shall have no power, and no helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 it is no merriment. 14 Indeed the disbelievers carry out their evil schemes. 15 and so am I: 16 Therefore respite the unbelievers, and delay them for a while. 17