وَٱلشَّمۡسِ

وَضُحَىٰهَا

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By the sun and its brightness,

and the moon as it follows it,¹

and the day as it unveils it,

and the night as it conceals it!

And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,

and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!

And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,

then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!

Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,

and doomed is the one who corrupts it!

Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,

when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.

But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”

Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.¹

He has no fear of consequences.