The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 By the night when it envelopeth it, 4 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it. 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed,] 12 although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" 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 consequence. 15