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# Translation Ayah
1 By the sun and its heat and brightness, وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
2 and by the moon as it follows it; وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
3 and by the day as it displays the sun's glory, وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
4 and by the night as it envelopes the sun; وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
5 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; وَالسَّمَاء وَمَا بَنَاهَا
6 and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out; وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
7 and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it, وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
8 and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety: فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
9 He who purifies it will prosper, قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
10 and he who suppresses it will be ruined. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
11 In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
12 when their arch-criminal rose up in rage. إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
13 Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!” فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
14 But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
15 He has no fear of its sequel. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
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