Ash-Shams · The Sun

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

By the sun and its brightness

wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

And [by] the moon when it follows it

wal-qamari idhā talāhā

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

And [by] the day when it displays it

wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

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

wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

wal-samāi wamā banāhā

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

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

fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

He has succeeded who purifies it,

qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

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

waqad khāba man dassāhā

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

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

kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

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."

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

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾

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].

fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā