The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 by the moon, which follows it, 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 10 The people of Thamud rejected (the truth) as a result of their rebelliousness 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 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 Then they belied him and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal. 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15