The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 And by oath of the night when it hides it 4 And by oath of the heaven and by oath of Him Who made it. 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 7 then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it. 8 To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity, 9 and failed is he who 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 cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 And for Him is no fear of its consequences. 15