The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 and the night as it veils it darkly! 4 By the heaven and Him Who builded it, 5 and the earth and all its expanse! 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 and he who corrupts it is sure to fail. 10 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride, 11 when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed,] 12 So the Noble Messenger of Allah said to them, “Stay away from the she camel of Allah, and from its turn to drink.” 13 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)! 14 And He fears not its consequence. 15