The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 and by the moon as it follows it, 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 8 those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness 9 And he who confines it will surely come to grief. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 12 So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink. 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 And He fears not its consequence. 15