Ash-Shams

By the sun and its brightness

wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

And [by] the moon when it follows it

wal-qamari idhā talāhā

And [by] the day when it displays it

wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

And [by] the night when it covers it

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

wal-samāi wamā banāhā

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

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

fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

He has succeeded who purifies it,

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

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

waqad khāba man dassāhā

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

kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

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

faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā

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].

fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā