The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 and by the moon as it follows it; 2 and by the day when it displays him 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and Who shaped it 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin). 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and 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 fears not the issue thereof. 15