The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his brightness, 1 By the moon when it followeth it, 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 Consider the sky and its wondrous make, 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 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 wicked of them broke forth, 12 although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" 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 He did not fear the consequences. 15