The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
By the sun and his brightness, 1 And the moon when she followeth him, 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 And [by] the night when it covers it 4 By the heaven and Who built it, 5 by the earth and that (Power) which spread it out 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with knowledge of evil and piety, 8 He who nourishes it will surely be successful, 9 And miserable is he who hath buried it. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 when the most wicked of them broke forth, 12 the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink' 13 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings). 14 He has no fear of its sequel. 15