The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
By the sun and its heat and brightness, 1 by the moon when it follows the sun, 2 by the day when it brightens the earth, 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 The heavens and its architecture, 5 And [by] the earth and He who spread it 6 By the soul and Him Who propertioned it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 He who purifies it will prosper, 9 And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 When among them the great wretch arose, 12 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” 13 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 He does not fear the consequence. 15