The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its morning brightness, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 And by oath of the night when it hides it 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground. 14 He did not fear the consequences. 15