The Sun (Al-Shams)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 The night when it covers him over, 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 And by oath of the soul and by oath of Him Who made it proper. 7 And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. 8 He who purifies it will indeed be successful, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil). 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 And He does not fear its coming behind (to take vengeance). 15