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 she follows him, 2 and by the day when it displays him 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 He who spread it 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 Indeed successful is the one who made it pure. 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and 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 fears not its consequence. 15