The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 And the night when it enshroudeth him, 4 And the heaven and Him Who built it, 5 by the earth and Who spread it, 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) 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