The Comet (Al-Taareq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
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) The piercing star! (3) No human soul but hath a guardian over it. (4) Let man reflect on what he was created from. (5) He was created from ejaculated water (6) That is issued from between the backs and the ribs. (7) Surely, He is Able to bring him back, (8) The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth). (9) and [man] will have neither strength nor helper! (10) By the sky which returns [rain] (11) And by the earth which splitteth, (12) Verily! This (the Quran) is the Word that separates (the truth from falsehood, and commands strict legal laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil). (13) It is no pleasantry. (14) Behold, they [who refuse to accept it] devise many a false argument [to disprove its truth]; (15) but I too plan against them. (16) So respite the unbelievers; delay with them awhile. (17)