The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its brightness 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 And the heaven and Him Who built it, 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 10 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride, 11 when the most wicked of them broke forth, 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 cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15