بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā
By the sun and its brightness,
wal-qamari idhā talāhā
and the moon as it follows it,
wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā
and the day as it unveils it,
wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā
and the night as it conceals it!
wal-samāi wamā banāhā
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
wanafsin wamā sawwāhā
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
waqad khāba man dassāhā
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,
idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.
walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā
He has no fear of consequences.