The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell 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 He fears not the issue thereof. 15