The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his brightness, 1 and the moon as it reflects the sun! 2 and by the day when it displays him 3 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; 4 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 5 The earth and its spreading out, 6 and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, 11 When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)! 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15