The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 And a soul and Him Who perfected it 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15