The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the heaven and the night-comer 1 What could let you know what the nightly comer is! 2 The piercing star! 3 There is no soul but that it has over it a protector. 4 Let man consider what he was made of: 5 he was created of gushing water 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life) 8 on the Day when consciences are examined, 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 and the earth, bursting forth with plants! 12 Indeed, the Qur'an is a decisive statement, 13 and it is certainly not a jest. 14 As for them, they are but plotting a scheme, 15 And I (too) will make a scheme. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17