The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who purifies it will indeed be successful, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy, 11 when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed,] 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15