The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 And by oath of the night when it hides it 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed,] 12 The Messenger of God told them, "This is a she-camel, belonging to God. Do not deprive her of her share of water". 13 In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel – so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings. 14 And He feared not the consequence thereof 15