The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I CALL TO witness the heavens and the night Star -- 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 The piercing star! 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 He has been created from an ejected drop of fluid 6 That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. 7 Indeed Allah is Able to return him. 8 on the Day when consciences are examined, 9 Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper. 10 By the heavens, ever-revolving, 11 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 12 That this (Qur'an) is a decisive word 13 it is no merriment. 14 Verily they are plotting a plot. 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17