The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 By the Moon as she follows him; 2 And the day when it revealeth him, 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 by the heavens and that (Power) which established them, 5 By the earth and Him Who spread it forth, 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 He has no fear of its sequel. 15