The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 and by the moon when she follows him, 2 and by the day when it displays him 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him; 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink." 13 Then they belied him and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal. 14 And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 15