Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

Wash-Shamsi wa-ḍuḥaa-haa;

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

Wal-Q̣amari ʹiẓaa talaaha;

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

Wan-Nahaari ʹiẓaa jallaahaa,

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa yag̣shaahaa;

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

Wassamaaaʹi wa-maa banaahaa;

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

Wal-ʹArḍi wa-maa ṭaḥaahaa;

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

Wa-nafsiñw Wamaa sawwaahaa;

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Faʹalhamahaa fujoorahaa wa-taq̣waahaa;―

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Q̣ad ʹaflaḥa mañ zakkaahaa,

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

Wa-q̣ad khaaba mañ dassaahaa.

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Kaẓẓabat S̤amoodu biṭag̣waahaa.

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

ʹIẓim baʻas̤a ʹashq̣aahaa,

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

Faq̣aala lahum Rasoolul laahi Naaq̣atal laahi wa-suq̣yaahaa!

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."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Fakaẓẓaboohu faʻaq̣aroohaa. Fadamdama ʻalayhim Rabbuhum̃ biẓambihim fasawwaahaa!

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 عُقْبَـٰهَا

Wa-laa yakhaafu ʻuq̣baahaa.

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.