Ash-Shams

wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

By the sun and its brightness

wal-qamari idhā talāhā

And [by] the moon when it follows it

wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

And [by] the day when it displays it

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

wal-samāi wamā banāhā

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

He has succeeded who purifies it,

waqad khāba man dassāhā

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.