Surah Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ۝١

By the sun and its rising brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ۝٢

and by the moon as it follows it,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ۝٣

and by the day as it reveals its glory

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ۝٤

and by the night when it draws a veil over it,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ۝٥

by the sky and how He built it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ۝٦

and by the earth and how He spread it,

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ۝٧

by the soul and how He formed it,

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ۝٨

then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ۝٩

He who purifies it will indeed be successful,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ۝١٠

and he who corrupts it is sure to fail.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ۝١١

The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ۝١٢

when the most wicked man among them rose up.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ۝١٣

Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝١٤

But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ۝١٥

He did not fear the consequences.