Surah Ash-Shams

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا۝١

By the sun and its brightness

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا۝٢

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا۝٣

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَالَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا۝٤

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَالسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا۝٥

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا۝٦

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا۝٧

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا۝٨

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا۝٩

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا۝١٠

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ۝١١

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

إِذِ انۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا۝١٢

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا۝١٣

And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا۝١٤

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

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا۝١٥

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.