The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 and by the moon as it follows it, 2 And the day when it revealeth him, 3 The night when it covers him over, 4 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to 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 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15