Quran Page 595

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ ١٩

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ ٢٠

Over them will be fire closed in.

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا ١

By the sun and its brightness

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا ٢

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا ٣

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا ٤

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا ٥

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا ٦

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا ٧

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا ٨

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا ٩

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا ١٠

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا ١١

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

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا ١٢

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا ١٣

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا ١٤

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].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا ١٥

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰ ١

By the night when it covers

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا تَجَلَّىٰ ٢

And [by] the day when it appears

وَمَا خَلَقَ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ ٣

And [by] He who created the male and female,

إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّىٰ ٤

Indeed, your efforts are diverse.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَىٰ وَاتَّقَىٰ ٥

As for he who gives and fears Allāh

وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ ٦

And believes in the best [reward].

فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ ٧

We will ease him toward ease.

وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَىٰ ٨

But as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need

وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَىٰ ٩

And denies the best [reward],