بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
English Translation:
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
English Translation:
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
English Translation:
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
English Translation:
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
English Translation:
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
English Translation:
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
English Translation:
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
English Translation:
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
English Translation:
He has succeeded who purifies it
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
English Translation:
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
English Translation:
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
English Translation:
When the most wretched of them was sent forth
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
English Translation:
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 فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
English Translation:
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 عُقْبَٰهَا
English Translation:
And He does not fear the consequence thereof