The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 And what will make you to know what At-Tariq (night-comer) is? 2 It is the piercing star. 3 That over each soul there is a guardian. 4 So let man see from what he is created! 5 He was created from a fluid, ejected, 6 issuing from between the backbone and the breastbone: 7 God has all power to resurrect him. 8 The day all secrets are examined 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain, 11 by earth splitting with verdure, 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad) 15 And I secretly plan. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17