The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 by the sky and how He built it 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 And he who confines it will surely come to grief. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When the basest of them broke forth 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 slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground). 14 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15