The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its brightness 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 The night when it covers him over, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin). 11 when the most wretched of them uprose, 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15