Ash-Shams

وَالشَّمۡسِ وَضُحٰٮهَا  ۙ‏

By the sun and its brightness

وَالۡقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰٮهَا  ۙ‏

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰٮهَا ۙ‏

And [by] the day when it displays it1

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا يَغۡشٰٮهَا ۙ‏

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

وَالسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنٰٮهَا ۙ‏

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالۡاَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحٰٮهَا ۙ‏

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفۡسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰٮهَا ۙ‏

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

فَاَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُوۡرَهَا وَتَقۡوٰٮهَا ۙ‏

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

قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ زَكّٰٮهَا ۙ‏

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَنۡ دَسّٰٮهَا ؕ‏

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُوۡدُ بِطَغۡوٰٮهَآ  ۙ‏

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

اِذِ انۡۢبَعَثَ اَشۡقٰٮهَا  ۙ‏

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُوۡلُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَسُقۡيٰهَا ؕ‏

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."

فَكَذَّبُوۡهُ فَعَقَرُوۡهَا   ۙفَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ بِذَنۡۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوّٰٮهَا  ۙ‏

But they denied him and hamstrung1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبٰهَا‏

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1