The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, 11 when their arch-criminal rose up in rage. 12 The Messenger of God told them, "This is a she-camel, belonging to God. Do not deprive her of her share of water". 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 And for Him is no fear of its consequences. 15