The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour, 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 and by the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 Indeed successful is the one who made it pure. 9 And he fails that corrupts it! 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 when the most wretched of them uprose, 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her 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 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15