Ash-Shams (الشمس)

Verse 12 of 15

Chapter 91 - The Sun

12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

Quran 91:12 - Surah Ash-Shams

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10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

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."

14

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].