Surah Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And the moon when it follows the sun,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And the day when it shows it,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

And the night when it draws a veil over it,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And the heaven and Him Who made it,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And the earth and Him Who extended it,

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا

So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا

And He fears not its consequence.