الشمس

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا﴿1﴾

By the sun and its brightness

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا﴿2﴾

And [by] the moon when it follows it

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا﴿3﴾

And [by] the day when it displays it1

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا﴿4﴾

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا﴿5﴾

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا﴿6﴾

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Translation: Sahih International

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا﴿7﴾

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

Translation: Sahih International

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا﴿8﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا﴿9﴾

He has succeeded who purifies it,

Translation: Sahih International

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا﴿10﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ﴿11﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا﴿12﴾

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1

Translation: Sahih International

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا﴿13﴾

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."

Translation: Sahih International

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا﴿14﴾

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].

Translation: Sahih International

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا﴿15﴾

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1

Translation: Sahih International