الـشـمـس

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

1 Waalshshamsi waduhaha

1 By the sun and its brightness

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

2 Waalqamari itha talaha

2 And [by] the moon when it follows it

3 By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

3 Waalnnahari itha jallaha

3 And [by] the day when it displays it

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

4 Waallayli itha yaghshaha

4 And [by] the night when it covers it

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

5 Waalssamai wama banaha

5 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

6 Waalardi wama tahaha

6 And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7 By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

7 Wanafsin wama sawwaha

7 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8 And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -

8 Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

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

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

9 Qad aflaha man zakkaha

9 He has succeeded who purifies it,

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

10 Waqad khaba man dassaha

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

11 The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,

11 Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

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

12 Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

12 Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

12 When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13 But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

13 Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

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

14 Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

14 Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

14 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].

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

15 Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

15 And He does not fear the consequence thereof.