The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
By the sun and his brightness, 1 And [by] the moon when it follows it 2 The day when it reveals his radiance, 3 by the night, when it envelops it! 4 Consider the sky and its wondrous make, 5 And [by] the earth and He who spread it 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 and inspired it to lewdness and godfearing! 8 Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 9 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it. 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 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike: 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15