91. Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

And [by] the day when it displays it[1931]

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it[1932]

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

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

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.[1933]

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

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."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾

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].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.[1935]