Surah Ash-Shams

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1. 1

   وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

   By the sun and its brightness

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2. 2

   وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

   And [by] the moon when it follows it

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3. 3

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

   And [by] the day when it displays it1

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4. 4

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

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

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5. 5

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

   And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

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6. 6

   وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

   And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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7. 7

   وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

   And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

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8. 8

   فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

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9. 9

   قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

   He has succeeded who purifies it,

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10. 10

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

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11. 11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

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12. 12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1

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13. 13

    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."

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14. 14

    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].

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15. 15

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1

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