وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

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

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

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 عُقۡبَٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof