Setting
Surah The Sun [Ash-Shams] in English
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾
By the sun and its midmorning,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾
by the moon, which follows it,
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾
by the day, when it displays it,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾
by the night, when it envelops it!
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾
By the heaven and Who built it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾
by the earth and Who spread it,
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾
by the soul and Who shaped it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾
and inspired it with its sin and its piety,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾
prosperous is he who purified it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾
and failed is he who buried it!
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾
Thamood belied in their pride
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾
when the most wicked of them broke forth,
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾
the Messenger of Allah said to them: '(This is) the shecamel of Allah, let her drink'
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾
But they belied him, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin and leveled it (their village).
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾
He does not fear the result (of their destruction).