The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 And a soul and Him Who perfected it 7 then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it. 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil). 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 He does not fear the consequence. 15