الـشـمـس

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

2 And the moon when she followeth him,

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

3 And the day when it revealeth him,

3 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

4 And the night when it enshroudeth him,

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

5 And the heaven and Him Who built it,

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

6 And the earth and Him Who spread it,

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

7 And a soul and Him Who perfected it

7 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

8 And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

8 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -

9 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

10 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

11 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,

11 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,

12 When the basest of them broke forth

12 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

13 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!

13 But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

14 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

14 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

15 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.