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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
ENBy the sun and its brightness
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
ENAnd [by] the moon when it follows it
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
ENAnd [by] the day when it displays it
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
ENAnd [by] the night when it covers it
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
ENAnd [by] the sky and He who constructed it
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
ENAnd [by] the earth and He who spread it
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وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
ENAnd [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
ENAnd inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
ENHe has succeeded who purifies it,
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
ENAnd he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
ENThamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
ENWhen the most wretched of them was sent forth.
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
ENAnd 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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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
ENBut 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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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
ENAnd He does not fear the consequence thereof.