The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the sun and its brightness 1 By the Moon as she follows him; 2 by the day, when it displays it, 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 And by the earth and Him Who spread it, 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it. 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness 11 When the most wicked among them stood up in defiance. 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 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 feared not the consequence thereof 15