The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 And the moon as she follows in his wake, 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 The Messenger of God told them, "This is a she-camel, belonging to God. Do not deprive her of her share of water". 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