The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
By the sun and its rising brightness 1 And the moon when it follows the sun, 2 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 3 by the night when it covers the earth with darkness, 4 And the heaven and Him Who built it, 5 by the earth and Who spread it, 6 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 those who purify their souls will certainly have everlasting happiness 9 and failed is he who buried it! 10 Thamood belied in their pride 11 When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel). 12 And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her 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 He does not fear the result (of their destruction). 15