Ash-Shams

By the sun and its brightness,

and by the moon as it follows it[1],

and by the day as it displays it[2],

and by the night as it covers it[3],

and by the sky and how He made it,

and by the earth and how He spread it,

and by the soul and how He fashioned it[4],

then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,

Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,

and he who corrupts it will be doomed.

Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,

when the most wretched among them rose[5].

Although the messenger of Allah warned them, “Hands off the she-camel of Allah and her drink!”

Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her[6]. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.

And He has no fear of the consequences thereof[7].