The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
And by the sun and its brightness; 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 The night when it covers him over, 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 By the earth and Him Who spread it forth, 6 The soul and how it was integrated 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 And indeed failed is the one who covered it in sin. 10 The tribe of Thamud denied with rebellion. 11 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with 12 But the Messenger of Allah [Salih (Saleh)] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink!" 13 Then they belied him and they hamstrung her; wherefore their Lord overwhelmed them for their crime, and made it equal. 14 And He (Allah) feared not the consequences thereof. 15