The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the sun and its noon-time brightness, 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness). 10 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 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 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15