The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
I swear by the sun and its brilliance, 1 And by the moon as it follows it (the sun); 2 by the day, when it displays it, 3 And the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 He has no fear of its sequel. 15