مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ۝١

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ۝٢

And the moon as she follows in his wake,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ۝۳

The day when it reveals his radiance,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ۝٤

The night when it covers him over,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ۝٥

The heavens and its architecture,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ۝٦

The earth and its spreading out,

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ۝۷

The soul and how it was integrated

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ۝۸

And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ۝۹

He who nourishes it will surely be successful,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ۝١۰

And he who confines it will surely come to grief.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ۝١١

The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ۝١٢

When among them the great wretch arose,

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ۝١۳

And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝١٤

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ۝١٥

He does not fear the consequence.