The Sun (Al-Shams)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 By the night when it envelopeth it, 4 by the heavens and that (Power) which established them, 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it; 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink! 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 And He does not fear its coming behind (to take vengeance). 15