Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

and the moon as it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

and the day as it unveils it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

and the night as it conceals it!

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

and doomed is the one who corrupts it!

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

He has no fear of consequences.