The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its brightness 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 and by the day when it displays him 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 The heavens and its architecture, 5 And by oath of the earth and by oath of Him Who spread it. 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink." 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 and He fears not the issue thereof. 15