The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof, 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness). 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15