The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
By the sun and its noon-time brightness, 1 by the moon, which follows it, 2 by the day, when it displays it, 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 by the sky and how He built it 5 And the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 and by the soul and that (Power) which designed it 7 And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 When the basest of them broke forth 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink." 13 But they belied him, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled it (their village). 14 And for Him is no fear of its consequences. 15