The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 And the day when it shows it, 3 And the night when it draws a veil over it, 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 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 Indeed successful is the one who made it pure. 9 And he fails that corrupts it! 10 Thamud belied in their exorbitance. 11 when the most wicked of them broke forth, 12 But the Messenger of Allah [Salih (Saleh)] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" 13 Then they belied him and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal. 14 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15