The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its morning brightness, 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; 4 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it 7 then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it. 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15