The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour, 1 and by the moon as it follows it, 2 Consider the day as it reveals the world, 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 by the sky and how He built it 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil). 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to drink.” 13 In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel – so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings. 14 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events). 15