The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 and by the day as it reveals its glory 3 And the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 And a soul and Him Who perfected it 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground. 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15