The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its noon-time brightness, 1 and by the moon when she follows him, 2 By the day when it glorifieth it. 3 By the night when it envelopeth it, 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 And by the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the soul, and That which shaped it 7 And inspired it with the wickedness thereof and the piety thereof, 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 and failed has he who seduces it. 10 Thamood cried lies in their insolence 11 When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 But they belied him, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled it (their village). 14 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events). 15