The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 by the moon, which follows it, 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 And the night when it enshroudeth him, 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 inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness). 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 and He fears not the issue thereof. 15