The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 Do you know what al-tariq is? 2 (It is) the star of piercing brightness; 3 Over every soul there is a watcher. 4 So let man observe from what he was created. 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 issuing between the loins and the breast-bones. 7 Verily, (Allah) is Able to bring him back (to life)! 8 The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). 9 when he will be helpless, with no supporter. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 it is no merriment. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 and I too am devising a guile. 16 So grant the unbelievers a respite: let them alone for a while. 17