The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness, 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 Consider the day as it reveals the world, 3 By the Night as it conceals it; 4 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it; 8 He who purifies it will indeed be successful, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin). 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink." 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events). 15