The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 It is the star that shines with a piercing brightness -- 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 He was created of a gushing fluid, 6 Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 On the Day when secrets are disclosed, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and by the earth ever bursting with verdure, 12 the Quran is the final word, 13 And it is no joke. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 Give respite to the disbelievers and leave them alone for a while. 17