The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 and by the moon when she follows him, 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15