Anwar

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful1 Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, 2 Createth man from a clot. 3 Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, 4 Who teacheth by the pen, 5 Teacheth man that which he knew not. 6 Nay, but verily man is rebellious 7 That he thinketh himself independent! 8 Lo! unto thy Lord is the return. 9 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth 10 A slave when he prayeth ? 11 Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah) 12 Or enjoineth piety ? 13 Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah's guidance) and is froward ? 14 Is he then unaware that Allah seeth ? 15 Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock - 16 The lying, sinful forelock - 17 Then let him call upon his henchmen! 18 We will call the guards of hell. 19 Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).THE CHAPTER OF THE SUN. (XCI. Mecca.)IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the sun and its noonday brightness! And the moon when it follows him! And the day when it displays him! And the night when it covers him! [5] And the heaven and what built it! And the earth and what spread it! And the soul and what fashioned it, and taught it its sin and its piety! Prosperous is he who purifies it![10] And disappointed is he who corrupts it! Thamûd called the apostle a liar 1 in their outrage, when their wretch rose up and the apostle of God said to them, 'God's she-camel! so give her to drink.'But they called him a liar, and they ham-strung her; but their Lord destroyed them in their sins, and served them all alike; [15] and He fears not the result thereof!