The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie 11 when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed,] 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground. 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15