The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 By the night when it envelopeth it, 4 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 5 by the earth and Who spread it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 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 But they cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15