Quran Surah 91 - Ash-Shams (The Sun)



Ayat 1 - I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,
Ayat 2 - And the moon as she follows in his wake,
Ayat 3 - The day when it reveals his radiance,
Ayat 4 - The night when it covers him over,
Ayat 5 - The heavens and its architecture,
Ayat 6 - The earth and its spreading out,
Ayat 7 - The soul and how it was integrated
Ayat 8 - And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.
Ayat 9 - He who nourishes it will surely be successful,
Ayat 10 - And he who confines it will surely come to grief.
Ayat 11 - The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness
Ayat 12 - When among them the great wretch arose,
Ayat 13 - And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God´s she-camel, let her drink."
Ayat 14 - But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.
Ayat 15 - He does not fear the consequence.