The Holy Quran

CHAPTER 91

Al-Shams: THE SUN

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

91:1 By the sun and his brightness!

91:2 And the moon when she borrows light from him!

91:3 And the day when it exposes it to view!

91:4 And the night when it draws a veil over it!

91:5 And the heaven and its make!

91:6 And the earth and its extension!

91:7 And the soul and its perfection! --

91:8 So He reveals to it its way of evil and its way of good;

91:9 He is indeed successful who causes it to grow,

91:10 And he indeed fails who buries it.

91:11 Thamud rejected (the truth) in their inordinacy,

91:12 When the basest of them broke forth with mischief --

91:13 So Allah’s messenger said to them: (Leave alone) Allah’s she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.

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);

91:15 And He fears not its consequence.