The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its noon-time brightness, 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 by the sky and how He built it 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 and He fears not the issue thereof. 15