الـشـمـس

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

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

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

2 And the moon when she followeth him,

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

3 And the day when it revealeth him,

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

4 And the night when it enshroudeth him,

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

5 And the heaven and Him Who built it,

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

6 And the earth and Him Who spread it,

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

7 And a soul and Him Who perfected it

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

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

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

9 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

10 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

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

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

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

12 When the basest of them broke forth

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

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

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)!

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

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

15 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).