The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 By the day when it glorifieth it. 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 The earth and its spreading out, 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it. 10 The people of Thamud rejected (the truth) as a result of their rebelliousness 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 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 Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15