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Ash-Shams

سورة الشمس

Meccan Revelation · 15 verses

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

Transliteration

Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

Translation

By the sun and its brightness

2

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

Transliteration

Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

Translation

And [by] the moon when it follows it

3

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

Transliteration

Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

Translation

And [by] the day when it displays it

4

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

Transliteration

Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

Translation

And [by] the night when it covers it

5

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

Transliteration

Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

Translation

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

Transliteration

Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

Translation

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

Transliteration

Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

Translation

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

Transliteration

Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

Translation

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

Transliteration

Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

Translation

He has succeeded who purifies it,

10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

Transliteration

Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

Translation

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

11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Transliteration

Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

Translation

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

12

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

Transliteration

Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

Translation

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13

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."

14

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].

15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

Transliteration

Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa

Translation

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

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