The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
And by the sun and its brightness; 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 And by oath of the day when it reveals it 3 and by 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 how He spread it, 6 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 7 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it; 8 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow, 9 And he who confines it will surely come to grief. 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 when their arch-criminal rose up in rage. 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike. 14 for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them. 15