The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
I swear by the heaven and the comer by night; 1 what do you know what the night-visitor is? 2 The very brightly shining star! 3 No human soul but hath a guardian over it. 4 So let man look - from what is he created. 5 He is created from a gushing fluid 6 Issuing from (the pelvis) between the backbone and the ribs. 7 Now, verily, He [who thus creates man in the first instance] is well able to bring him back [to life] 8 On the Day when man's deepest secrets shall be put to the test 9 Then will he have no might nor any helper. 10 So I call to witness the rain-producing sky, 11 by the earth cracking open with new growth. 12 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, 13 It is not a thing for amusement. 14 They are planning a scheme, 15 And I (too) am planning a plan. 16 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal you gently with them for a while. 17