The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 and by the moon as it follows it, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, 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 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15