The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 And the moon as she follows in his wake, 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness). 10 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride, 11 when the most wretched of them uprose, 12 The Messenger of God told them, "This is a she-camel, belonging to God. Do not deprive her of her share of water". 13 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)! 14 He did not fear the consequences. 15