The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 and by the moon when she follows him, 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 and by the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof, 8 Indeed successful is the one who made it pure. 9 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 when the most wretched of them uprose, 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to drink.” 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 and He fears not the issue thereof. 15