The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);- 1 And have you understood what the nightly arriver is? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 For every soul there is a watcher. 4 Let the human being reflect that from what he has been created. 5 he was created of gushing water 6 That issued from between the loins and ribs. 7 God has all power to resurrect him. 8 On the day when all secrets will be made public, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And the earth which splits (with the growth of trees and plants), 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 not a flippant jest. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 And I plot a plot (against them). 16 So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. 17