The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
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 the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; 5 And by the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" 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 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15