The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 And the heaven and Him Who made it, 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride, 11 when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil). 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to drink.” 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15