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1
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness,
節 :
2
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and by the moon as it follows it[1],
節 :
3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and by the day as it displays it[2],
節 :
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
and by the night as it covers it[3],
節 :
5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
and by the sky and how He made it,
節 :
6
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and by the earth and how He spread it,
節 :
7
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
and by the soul and how He fashioned it[4],
節 :
8
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,
節 :
9
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,
節 :
10
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and he who corrupts it will be doomed.
節 :
11
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,
節 :
12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
when the most wretched among them rose[5].
節 :
13
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
Although the messenger of Allah warned them, “Hands off the she-camel of Allah and her drink!”
節 :
14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her[6]. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.
節 :
15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
And He has no fear of the consequences thereof[7].
