Ayah :
1
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness,
Ayah :
2
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and by the moon as it follows it[1],
Ayah :
3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and by the day as it displays it[2],
Ayah :
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
and by the night as it covers it[3],
Ayah :
5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
and by the sky and how He made it,
Ayah :
6
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and by the earth and how He spread it,
Ayah :
7
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
and by the soul and how He fashioned it[4],
Ayah :
8
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,
Ayah :
9
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,
Ayah :
10
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and he who corrupts it will be doomed.
Ayah :
11
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,
Ayah :
12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
when the most wretched among them rose[5].
Ayah :
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!”
Ayah :
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.
Ayah :
15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
And He has no fear of the consequences thereof[7].
