قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
(91:9) He who purifies it will prosper,
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
(91:10) and he who suppresses it will be ruined.6
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
(91:11) In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud7 called the
Truth a lie8
Truth a lie8
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
(91:12) when their arch-criminal rose up in rage.
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
(91:13) Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and
her drink!”9
her drink!”9
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
(91:14) But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel.0
For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the
ground.
For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the
ground.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
(91:15) He has no fear of its sequel.1