By the sun

and its brightness,

and the moon as it follows it,

and the day as it unveils it,

and the night as it conceals it!

And by heaven

and ˹the One˺ Who built it,

and the earth

and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!

And by the soul

and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,

then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!

Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,

and doomed is

the one who corrupts it!

Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺

out of arrogance,

when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.

But the messenger of Allah warned them,

“˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”

Still they defied him and slaughtered her.

So their Lord crushed them for their crime,

levelling all to the ground.

He has no fear of consequences.