The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By oath of the sun and its light 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 and by the day when it displays him 3 And by the night as it conceals it (the sun); 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 and by the earth and how He spread it, 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 He has succeeded who purifies it, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 when the most corrupt of them incited them (to commit evil). 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and 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 fears not its consequence. 15