The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
And by the sun and its brightness; 1 and by the moon as it follows it, 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 And by the heaven and Him Who built it; 5 And by oath of the earth and by oath of Him Who spread it. 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 and those who corrupt their souls will certainly be deprived (of happiness). 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15