The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the heaven, and At-Tariq (the night-comer, i.e. the bright star); 1 And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night? 2 The piercing star! 3 There is no soul but has a protector over it. 4 So let man consider of what he is created: 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. 7 Surely, He is Able to bring him back, 8 A day when the secrets will be examined. 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By heaven of the returning rain, 11 and the earth, bursting forth with plants! 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 And it is no joke. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So leave the unbelievers to themselves; respite them awhile. 17