Surah Ash-Shams الشمس

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

Wash-shamsi waduhāhā

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

Wal-qamari idhā talāhā

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

Wan-nahāri idhā jallāhā

And [by] the day when it displays it¹⁹³¹

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

Wallayli idhā yaghshāhā

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

Was-samā'i wamā banāhā

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

Wal-ardi wamā tahāhā

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

Wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it¹⁹³²

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

Fa alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

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

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

Qad aflaha man zakkāhā

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

Waqad khāba man dassāhā

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

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

Kaddhabat thamūdu bitaghwāhā

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

Idhimba'atha ashqāhā

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.¹⁹³³

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

Faqāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wasuqyāhā

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

Fakaddhabūhu fa'aqarūhā fadamdama 'alayhim rabbuhum bidhambihim fasawwāhā

But they denied him and hamstrung¹⁹³⁴ her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

Walā yakhāfu 'uqbāhā

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.¹⁹³⁵