The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
And by the sun and its brightness; 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When the basest of them broke forth 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 called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15