The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 By the moon when it followeth it, 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 The earth and its spreading out, 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 10 In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15