(1)
وَٱلشَّمْسِ
By the sun
وَضُحَىٰهَا
and its brightness
(2)
وَٱلْقَمَرِ
And the moon
إِذَا
when
تَلَىٰهَا
it follows it
(3)
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
And the day
إِذَا
when
جَلَّىٰهَا
it displays it
(4)
وَٱلَّيْلِ
And the night
إِذَا
when
يَغْشَىٰهَا
it covers it
(5)
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
And the heaven
وَمَا
and He Who
بَنَىٰهَا
constructed it
(6)
وَٱلْأَرْضِ
And the earth
وَمَا
and He Who
طَحَىٰهَا
spread it
(7)
وَنَفْسٍ
And (the) soul
وَمَا
and He Who
سَوَّىٰهَا
proportioned it
(8)
فَأَلْهَمَهَا
And He inspired it
فُجُورَهَا
(to understand) what is wrong for it
وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
and what is right for it
(9)
قَدْ
Indeed
أَفْلَحَ
he succeeds
مَن
who
زَكَّىٰهَا
purifies it
(10)
وَقَدْ
And indeed
خَابَ
he fails
مَن
who
دَسَّىٰهَا
corrupts it
(11)
كَذَّبَتْ
Denied
ثَمُودُ
Thamud
بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
by their transgression
(12)
إِذِ
When
ٱنۢبَعَثَ
(was) sent forth
أَشْقَىٰهَا
(the) most wicked of them
(13)
فَقَالَ
But said
لَهُمْ
to them
رَسُولُ
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
نَاقَةَ
"(It is the) she-camel
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
وَسُقْيَٰهَا
and her drink"
(14)
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
But they denied him
فَعَقَرُوهَا
and they hamstrung her
فَدَمْدَمَ
So destroyed
عَلَيْهِمْ
them
رَبُّهُم
their Lord
بِذَنۢبِهِمْ
for their sin
فَسَوَّىٰهَا
and leveled them
(15)
وَلَا
And not
يَخَافُ
He fears
عُقْبَٰهَا
its consequences