بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالشَّمسِ وَضُحاها

By the sun and its brightness

وَالقَمَرِ إِذا تَلاها

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهارِ إِذا جَلّاها

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَاللَّيلِ إِذا يَغشاها

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَالسَّماءِ وَما بَناها

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالأَرضِ وَما طَحاها

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفسٍ وَما سَوّاها

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلهَمَها فُجورَها وَتَقواها

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

قَد أَفلَحَ مَن زَكّاها

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَد خابَ مَن دَسّاها

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

كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ بِطَغواها

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

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشقاها

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقالَ لَهُم رَسولُ اللَّهِ ناقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقياها

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

فَكَذَّبوهُ فَعَقَروها فَدَمدَمَ عَلَيهِم رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِم فَسَوّاها

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].

وَلا يَخافُ عُقباها

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.