وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
By the sun and its brightness,
The Sun · ash-Shams · سورة الشمس · 15 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
and by the moon as it follows it,
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
and by the day as it displays it,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
and by the night as it covers it,
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
and by the sky and how He made it,
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
and by the earth and how He spread it,
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
and by the soul and how He fashioned it,
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا
and he who corrupts it will be doomed.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,
إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
when the most wretched among them rose.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
Although the messenger of Allah warned them, “Hands off the she-camel of Allah and her drink!”
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And He has no fear of the consequences thereof.