وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا﴿١﴾
By the sun and her forenoon splendour,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا﴿٢﴾
by the moon when he follows her,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا﴿٣﴾
by the day when it reveals her,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا﴿٤﴾
by the night when it covers her,
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا﴿٥﴾
by the sky and Him who built it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا﴿٦﴾
by the earth and Him who spread it,
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا﴿٧﴾
by the soul and Him who fashioned it,
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا﴿٨﴾
and inspired it with [discernment between] its virtues and vices:
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا﴿٩﴾
one who purifies it is felicitous,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا﴿١٠﴾
and one who betrays it fails.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ﴿١١﴾
The [people of] Thamud denied [Allah’s signs] out of their rebellion,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا﴿١٢﴾
when the most wretched of them rose up.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا﴿١٣﴾
The apostle of Allah had told them, ‘This is Allah’s she-camel, let her drink!’
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا﴿١٤﴾
But they impugned him and hamstrung her. So their Lord took them unawares by night because of their sin, and levelled it.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا﴿١٥﴾
And He does not fear its outcome.