Surah Ash-Shams الشمس

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

By the sun in its morning brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

and by the moon as it follows it,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

by the day as it displays the sun’s glory

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

and by the night as it conceals it,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

by the sky and how He built it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

and by the earth and how He spread it,

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

by the soul and how He formed it

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

and inspired it [to know] its own rebellion and piety!

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

The one who purifies his soul succeeds

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

and the one who corrupts it fails.

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

In their arrogant cruelty, the people of Thamud called [their messenger] a liar,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

when the most wicked man among them rose [against him].

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

The messenger of God said to them, ‘[Leave] God’s camel to drink,’

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

but they called him a liar and hamstrung her. Their Lord destroyed them for their crime and levelled them.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

He did not hesitate to punish them.