Surah “The Sun”

as rendered by Ahmed Ali — 15 verses

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour
And the moon as she follows in his wake
The day when it reveals his radiance
The night when it covers him over
The heavens and its architecture
The earth and its spreading out
The soul and how it was integrate
And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it
He who nourishes it will surely be successful
And he who confines it will surely come to grief
The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perversenes
When among them the great wretch arose
And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink."
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike
He does not fear the consequence