The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sky, and by the nightly comer! 1 And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?- 2 (It is) the piercing star. 3 [for] no human being has ever been left unguarded. 4 Now let man but think from what he is created! 5 He is created from a water gushing forth. 6 emanating from between the loins and the ribs. 7 Most surely He is able to return him (to life). 8 The day all secrets are examined 9 he will have no power, nor anyone to help him. 10 By the rotating heavens 11 And [by] the earth which cracks open, 12 surely it is a decisive word; 13 And it is not a frivolity. 14 They are cunningly devising, 15 But I too am devising a plan. 16 Therefore grant a delay to the Unbelievers: Give respite to them gently (for awhile). 17