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

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.