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    The Sun • 15 verses

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

    In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

    1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ 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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    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the day when it displays it

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    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

    And [by] the night when it covers it

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    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

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    وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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    وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

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    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 وَسُقْيَٰهَا

    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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    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 عُقْبَٰهَا

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

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