The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By oath of the sun and its light 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness; 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 The heavens and its architecture, 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin). 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 The Messenger of God told them, "This is a she-camel, belonging to God. Do not deprive her of her share of water". 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 He has no fear of its sequel. 15