The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/91. The Sun

91. The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

By the sun and his brightness! 

And the moon when she borrows light from him! 

And the day when it exposes it to view! 

And the night when it draws a veil over it! 

And the heaven and its make! 

And the earth and its extension! 

And the soul and its perfection! 

So He reveals to it its way of evil and its way of good; 

<section begin="91:9"/>He is indeed successful who causes it to grow, <section end="91:9"/>

<section begin="91:10"/>And he indeed fails who buries it. <section end="91:10"/>

<section begin="91:11"/>Thamud rejected (the truth) in their inordinacy, <section end="91:11"/>

<section begin="91:12"/>When the basest of them broke forth with mischief -- <section end="91:12"/>

<section begin="91:13"/>So Allah's messenger said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink. <section end="91:13"/>

<section begin="91:14"/>But they called him a liar and slaughtered her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground) <section end="91:14"/>

<section begin="91:15"/>And He fears not its consequence. <section end="91:15"/>