Ash-Shams

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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].

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كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

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

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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.¹

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

But they denied him and hamstrung¹ her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.¹