The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its morning brightness, 1 by 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 Who built it, 5 And by oath of the earth and by oath of Him Who spread it. 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God! 8 Indeed successful is the one who made it pure. 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance, 11 When the basest of them broke forth 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 He did not fear the consequences. 15