Surah The Sun [Ash-Shams] in English

By the sun and its heat and brightness,

and by the moon as it follows it;

and by the day as it displays the sun's glory,

and by the night as it envelopes the sun;

and by the sky and by Him Who made it;

and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out;

and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it,

and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety:

He who purifies it will prosper,

and he who suppresses it will be ruined.

In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie

when their arch-criminal rose up in rage.

Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!”

But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground.