The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel – so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings. 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15