The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 The piercing star! 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man consider of what he was created. 5 he has been created out of a seminal fluid 6 which comes out of the loins and ribs. 7 Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And the earth splitting (with plants); 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 And it is no joke. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17