آیت :
1
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
(1) By the sun and its brightness
آیت :
2
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
(2) And [by] the moon when it follows it
آیت :
3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
(3) And [by] the day when it displays it[1931]
آیت :
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
(4) And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
آیت :
5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
(5) And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
آیت :
6
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
(6) And [by] the earth and He who spread it
آیت :
7
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
(7) And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it[1932]
آیت :
8
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
(8) And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
آیت :
9
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
(9) He has succeeded who purifies it,
آیت :
10
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
(10) And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
آیت :
11
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
(11) Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
آیت :
12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
(12) When the most wretched of them was sent forth.[1933]
آیت :
13
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
(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."
آیت :
14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
(14) But they denied him and hamstrung[1934] her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
آیت :
15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
(15) And He does not fear the consequence thereof.[1935]
