The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its brightness 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 And the day when it revealeth him, 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 The heavens and its architecture, 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 Surely blissful is he who hath cleansed it, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" 13 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. 14 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events). 15