Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

wal-qamari idhā talāhā

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

wal-samāi wamā banāhā

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

waqad khāba man dassāhā

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

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."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

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].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.