بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالشَّمسِ وَضُحاها

By the sun and its brilliance.

وَالقَمَرِ إِذا تَلاها

And the moon, as it follows it.

وَالنَّهارِ إِذا جَلّاها

And the day, as it displays it.

وَاللَّيلِ إِذا يَغشاها

And the night, as it covers it.

وَالسَّماءِ وَما بَناها

And the sky, and He who built it.

وَنَفسٍ وَما سَوّاها

And the soul, and He who proportioned it.

فَأَلهَمَها فُجورَها وَتَقواها

Then He inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness.

قَد أَفلَحَ مَن زَكّاها

Successful is the one who purifies it.

وَقَد خابَ مَن دَسّاها

And doomed is the one who taints it.

كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ بِطَغواها

Thamud, in their transgression, denied.