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 when it followeth it, 2 By the day when it glorifieth it. 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 And the heaven and Him Who built it, 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 when the most wretched of them uprose, 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 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 result (of their destruction). 15