The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 and by the day when it displays him 3 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; 4 And the heaven and Him Who built it, 5 The earth and its spreading out, 6 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 7 And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 And he fails that corrupts it! 10 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, 11 when the most wretched of them uprose, 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 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 And He fears not its consequence. 15