The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun 2 And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness; 3 And the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 Consider the sky and its wondrous make, 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it 7 And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them. 15