The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 by the heavens and that (Power) which established them, 5 by the earth and Who spread it, 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it. 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 and He fears not the issue thereof. 15