The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 By the moon when it followeth it, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 Consider the sky and its wondrous make, 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy, 11 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)! 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15