The Comet (Al-Taareq)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night! 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 (It is a nightly radiant star). 3 [for] no human being has been left unguarded. 4 Let man reflect on what he was created from. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Surely He is able to bring him back 8 On a Day whereon secrets shall be out. 9 So man will neither have any strength nor any aide. 10 By the rotating heavens 11 And by the Earth which opens out (for the gushing of springs or the sprouting of vegetation),- 12 Most surely it is a decisive word, 13 And no trifle. 14 They are devising a guile, 15 And I secretly plan. 16 Therefore give them some respite – give them some time. 17