The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 But the Messenger of Allah [Salih (Saleh)] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" 13 But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground). 14 And for Him is no fear of its consequences. 15