The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his morning brightness 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 And by the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 Prosperous is he who purifies it, 9 And he who confines it will surely come to grief. 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 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 12 But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!" 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 (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15