The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 And the heaven and Him Who built it, 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety: 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel – so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings. 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15