The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 And the night when it enshroudeth him, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 when the most wicked of them broke forth, 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15