The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 By the Moon as she follows him; 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 And the heaven and Him Who made it, 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy, 11 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel 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 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15