The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By oath of the sun and its light 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 Consider the day as it reveals the world, 3 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; 4 by the heavens and that (Power) which established them, 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15