The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 By the moon when it followeth it, 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 And the night when it enshroudeth him, 4 And by oath of the heaven and by oath of Him Who made it. 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 7 And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it. 8 Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 When the most wretched of them was sent 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 gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 He did not fear the consequences. 15