Ash-Shams - The Sun

Meccan

سورة الشمس


1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

By the sun and its brightness

2

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

And [by] the moon when it follows it

3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

And [by] the day when it displays it

4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

And [by] the night when it covers it

5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

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

9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

He has succeeded who purifies it,

10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

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

11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

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

12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا

Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa

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

Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa

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 عُقْبَٰهَا

Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.