The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 by the day, when it displays it, 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it, 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 Indeed successful is the one who made it pure. 9 And he who confines it will surely come to grief. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 when their arch-criminal rose up in rage. 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 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15