The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 By the Moon as she follows him; 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 By the night when it envelopeth it, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 By the earth and Him Who spread it forth, 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to drink.” 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 and He fears not the issue thereof. 15