The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 By the earth and Him Who spread it forth, 6 And a soul and Him Who perfected it 7 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink! 13 But they cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15