The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness; 3 And the night when it enshroudeth him, 4 By the heaven and That which built it 5 And the earth and Him Who extended it, 6 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect, 7 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 8 He will indeed be successful who purifies it, 9 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). 12 Then the apostle of Allah said unto them: beware of the she-camel of Allah and her drink. 13 In response they belied him, and hamstrung the she camel – so Allah put ruin over them because of their sins and flattened their dwellings. 14 He did not fear the consequences. 15