The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its morning brightness, 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 and by the earth and That which extended it! 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 He who purifies it will indeed be successful, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 But they cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 He has no fear of its sequel. 15