The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun 2 Consider the day as it reveals the world, 3 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 And by oath of the earth and by oath of Him Who spread it. 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15