The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its midmorning, 1 and by the moon as it follows it, 2 And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness; 3 and by the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 when the most wicked man among them rose up. 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events). 15