The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it, 7 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 8 Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed it, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). 12 then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; 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 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15