Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

And [by] the day when it displays it1

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

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

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1