The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
And by the sun and its brightness; 1 And the moon as she follows in his wake, 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed it, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 12 So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) 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 (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15