Tafseer Translation

{1} بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

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{2} وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

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{3} وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it

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{4} وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers it

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{5} وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

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{6} وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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{7} وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

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{8} فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

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{9} قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it,

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{10} وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

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{11} كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

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{12} إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

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{13} فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

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{14} فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ 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].

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{15} وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

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