وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
By the sun and its brightness,
Ash-Shams · Surah 91 of 114 · Makkan · 15 verses
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
and the moon as it follows it,1
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it1
and the day as it unveils it,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
and the night as it conceals it!
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
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."
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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].
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.1
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1
He has no fear of consequences.