The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the heavens and that which comes in the night -- 1 and what could make you know what it is that comes in the night? 2 It is the star that pierces through [life's] darkness: 3 There is no living being but there is a protector over it. 4 LET MAN, then, observe out of what he has been created: 5 he was created of gushing water 6 Emerging from 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 all secrets will be laid bare, 9 and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! 10 By the sky with its returning rain, 11 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants) 12 It is surely a decisive utterance; 13 it is not a jest. 14 They are hatching up a plot, 15 But I too am devising a plan. 16 So bear with unbelievers with patience, and give them respite for a while. 17