91. Ash-Shams

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

wal-qamari idhā talāhā

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it1

wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

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

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

wal-samāi wamā banāhā

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it,

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

waqad khāba man dassāhā

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1

idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

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."

faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

But they denied him and hamstrung1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1

walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā