The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 And by oath of the night when it hides it 4 by the heavens and that (Power) which established them, 5 by the earth and Who spread it, 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And he fails that corrupts it! 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 then the Messenger of God said to them, 'The She-camel of God; let her drink!' 13 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)! 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15