Ash-Shams
The Sun
سورة الشمس
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
Transliteration
Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa
Translation
By the sun and its brightness
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Transliteration
Wal qamari izaa talaa haa
Translation
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Transliteration
Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa
Translation
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Transliteration
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa
Translation
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Transliteration
Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa
Translation
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Transliteration
Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa
Translation
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Transliteration
Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa
Translation
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Transliteration
Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa
Translation
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
Transliteration
Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa
Translation
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا
Transliteration
Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa
Translation
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Transliteration
Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa
Translation
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Transliteration
Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa
Translation
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
Transliteration
Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa
Translation
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
Transliteration
Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa
Translation
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
Transliteration
Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa
Translation
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.