The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the sun and his brightness, 1 By the moon when it followeth it, 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 The heavens and its architecture, 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; let her drink!' 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15