وَاللَّيلِ إِذا يَغشاها

And the night, as it covers it.

وَالسَّماءِ وَما بَناها

And the sky, and He who built it.

وَالأَرضِ وَما طَحاها

And the earth, and He who spread it out.

وَنَفسٍ وَما سَوّاها

And the soul, and He who proportioned it.

فَأَلهَمَها فُجورَها وَتَقواها

Then He inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness.

وَقَد خابَ مَن دَسّاها

And doomed is the one who taints it.

كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ بِطَغواها

Thamud, in their transgression, denied.

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشقاها

When the most wretched amongst them was roused.

فَقالَ لَهُم رَسولُ اللَّهِ ناقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقياها

The messenger of God said to them: “God’s she-camel, let her drink.”

فَكَذَّبوهُ فَعَقَروها فَدَمدَمَ عَلَيهِم رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِم فَسَوّاها

But they rejected him and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their sin, struck them with a punishment, and He leveled it.