The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 by the moon, which follows it, 2 by the day, when it displays it, 3 The night when it covers him over, 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to drink.” 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15