سورة الشمس، الآية ١٢
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ١٢
idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1933
[1933] To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.
Verse 12 of Surah Ash-Shams (91:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 595 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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When the most wretched among them stood up after his people has appointed him for the task.
when the most wretched among them rose5.
[5] To kill the camel that Allah sent as a miracle to them.
When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel).
When the basest of them broke forth
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
As the most wretched of them deputed himself.
‘Abdullāh ibn Zam‘ah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) deliver a sermon when he mentioned the she-camel and the man who had slain it. Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said…
{إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا} انْبَعَثَ لَهَا رَجُلٌ عَزِيزٌ عَارِمٌ، مَنِيعٌ فِي رَهْطِهِ، مِثْلُ أَبِي زَمْعَةَ ". وَذَكَرَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ " يَعْمِدُ أَحَدُكُمْ يَجْلِدُ امْرَأَتَهُ جَلْدَ الْعَبْدِ…
(إذ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا ) انْبَعَثَ لَهَا رَجُلٌ عَارِمٌ عَزِيزٌ مَنِيعٌ فِي رَهْطِهِ مِثْلُ أَبِي زَمْعَةَ
فَنَادَوْا۟ صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
