سُوْرَةُ الشَّمْسِ
Surah Ash-Shams (91) — Ayah 14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿14﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc.)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
fakadhabūhu
But they denied him
فَعَقَرُوهَا
faʿaqarūhā
and they hamstrung her
فَدَمْدَمَ
fadamdama
So destroyed
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
them
رَبُّهُم
rabbuhum
their Lord
بِذَنۢبِهِمْ
bidhanbihim
for their sin
فَسَوَّىٰهَا
fasawwāhā
and leveled them
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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14. But they denied the Messenger [13] and hamstrung the she-camel [14], so their Lord brought down upon them a calamity for their sin and leveled them to the ground.
[13] That is, these people did not give any importance to the warning of Sayyiduna Salih ؑ and considered it a lie.
[14] The one who killed the she-camel was only one person, Qidar bin Salif, who himself was a fornicator and a lover of a fornicating woman. It was at the instigation of this adulterous woman that he undertook this task. Then, after secretly consulting with the people of the whole nation, he made them his accomplices. That is why the act of killing the she-camel is attributed to the entire nation, and the punishment did not come only upon the killer of the she-camel, but upon the whole nation.
[13] That is, these people did not give any importance to the warning of Sayyiduna Salih ؑ and considered it a lie.
[14] The one who killed the she-camel was only one person, Qidar bin Salif, who himself was a fornicator and a lover of a fornicating woman. It was at the instigation of this adulterous woman that he undertook this task. Then, after secretly consulting with the people of the whole nation, he made them his accomplices. That is why the act of killing the she-camel is attributed to the entire nation, and the punishment did not come only upon the killer of the she-camel, but upon the whole nation.
