The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 1 by the moon, which follows it, 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 And the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 And the heaven and Him Who made it, 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who purifies it will indeed be successful, 9 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 when the most wicked of them broke forth, 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 But they cried him lies, and hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them: 14 He did not fear the consequences. 15