The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By heaven and the night-star! 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the piercing star - 3 [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded. 4 So let man consider from what he is created. 5 He was created from ejaculated water 6 issuing from between the loins [of man] and the pelvic arch [of woman]. 7 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life) 8 On the day when hidden things shall be made manifest, 9 (Man) will have no power, and no helper. 10 By the sky which returns [rain] 11 and by the earth bursting with vegetation; 12 this is indeed a Decisive Word, 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 and I am cunningly devising. 16 so bear with those who deny the truth, and let them be for a little while. 17