The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 And the day when it revealeth him, 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy, 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; let her drink!' 13 Then they belied him and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal. 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15