The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 when their arch-criminal rose up in rage. 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel – so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings. 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15