The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 and by the moon when she follows him, 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 Consider the sky and its wondrous make, 5 And by the earth and Him Who spread 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 he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 The people of Thamud rejected (the truth) as a result of their rebelliousness 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! 14 for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them. 15