The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 The earth and its spreading out, 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 He will indeed be successful 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 among them stood up in defiance. 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 Then they belied him and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal. 14 for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them. 15