The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the sun and its brightness 1 And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 by the sky and how He built it 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it 7 then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it. 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15