Ash-Shams الشمس · Ibrahim al-Akhdar

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 it¹⁹³¹

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 it¹⁹³²

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 hamstrung¹⁹³⁴ 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