The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its brightness 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 by the day, when it displays it, 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 And by oath of the earth and by oath of Him Who spread it. 6 And a soul and Him Who perfected it 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 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 that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed,] 12 then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; 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 And He fears not its consequence. 15