Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا١

Washshamsi waduhaha

By the sun and its brightness

I swear by the sun and his broad light,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا٢

Walqamari itha talaha

And [by] the moon when it follows it

and by the moon when she follows him,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا٣

Wannahari itha jallaha

And [by] the day when it displays it

and by the day when it shows his brightness,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا٤

Wallayli itha yaghshaha

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

and by the night when it envelops him,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا٥

Wassama-i wama banaha

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

and by the sky, and the One who built it,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا٦

Wal-ardi wama tahaha

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

and by the earth, and the One who spread it,

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا٧

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

and by the soul, and the One who made it well,

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا٨

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

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

then inspired it with its (instincts of) evil and piety,

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا٩

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

He has succeeded who purifies it,

success is really attained by him who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا١٠

Waqad khaba man dassaha

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

and failure is really suffered by him who pollutes it.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ١١

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

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

(The People of) Thamūd denied the truth because of their transgression,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا١٢

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

when rose up the one who was most wretched of them.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا١٣

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqataAllahi wasuqyaha

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."

So, the Messenger of Allah said to them, “Be careful of Allah’s she-camel and her right to drink.”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا١٤

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqaroohafadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

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].

But they rejected him and killed her, so their Lord sent eradicating torment upon them because of their sin, and made it equal for all.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا١٥

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

And He has no fear of its consequence.