Surah Ash-Shams · The Sun

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ۝١

wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

By the sun and its brightness

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ۝٢

wal-qamari idhā talāhā

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ۝٣

wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ۝٤

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ۝٥

wal-samāi wamā banāhā

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ۝٦

wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ۝٧

wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ۝٨

fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ۝٩

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ۝١٠

waqad khāba man dassāhā

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ۝١١

kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

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

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ۝١٢

idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ۝١٣

faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā

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 فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝١٤

fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

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 عُقْبَـٰهَا ۝١٥

walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.