The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it; 8 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow, 9 And he fails that corrupts it! 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground). 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15