The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 By the Moon as she follows him; 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 By the night when it envelopeth it, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof, 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it. 10 Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin). 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" 13 But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground). 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15