Ash-Shams -- The Sun
15 verses · meccan
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
Ayah 1وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
Ayah 2وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
Ayah 3وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
Ayah 4وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
Ayah 5وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
Ayah 6وَنَفۡسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
Ayah 7فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness
Ayah 8قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it
Ayah 9وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]
Ayah 10كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression
Ayah 11إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth
Ayah 12فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink
Ayah 13فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]
Ayah 14وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof
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