Ash-Shams الشمس

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim wa-sh-shams wa-duhaha

By the sun and its brightness

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

wal-qamar idha talaha

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

wa-n-nahar idha jallaha

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

wal-layl idha yaghsha-ha

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

was-sama' wa-ma banaha

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

wal-ard wa-ma tahaha

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

wa-nafs wa-ma sawwaha

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

fa-alhamaha fujuraha wa-tqwaha

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

qad aflaha man zakkaha

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

wa-qad khaba man dassaha

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

kadhdhabat thamudu bitaghwaha

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

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

idhi inba'atha ashqaha

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

fa-qala lahum rasul Allah naqat Allah wa-suqyaha

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

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

fa-kadhdhabuhu fa-'aqaruha fa-damdama 'alayhim rabbuhum bi-dhanbihim fa-sawwaha

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 عُقْبَاهَا

wa-la yakhaf 'uqbaha

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.