The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 By the day when it glorifieth it. 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it; 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; let her drink!' 13 But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]. 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15