The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its morning brightness, 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 And the day when it revealeth him, 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 The earth and its spreading out, 6 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 10 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy, 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!" 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events). 15