The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 By the day when it glorifieth it. 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 And by oath of the heaven and by oath of Him Who made it. 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 The people of Thamud rejected (the truth) as a result of their rebelliousness 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink! 13 Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15