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."