Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَـٰهَا ١

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَـٰهَا ٢

and the moon as it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّـٰهَا ٣

and the day as it unveils it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَـٰهَا ٤

and the night as it conceals it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَـٰهَا ٥

And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَـٰهَا ٦

and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّٮٰهَا ٧

And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَٮٰهَا ٨

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّـٰهَا ٩

Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّـٰهَا ١٠

and doomed is the one who corrupts it

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَٮٰهَآ ١١

Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَـٰهَا ١٢

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

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ١٣

But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّٮٰهَا ١٤

Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا ١٥

He has no fear of consequences