The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 By the earth and Him Who spread it forth, 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 And inspired in it the knowledge of its sins and its piety. 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, 11 when the most wicked of them broke forth, 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them. 15