Ash-Shams
سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ - The Sun
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Interpretation:
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Interpretation:
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Interpretation:
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Interpretation:
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
Interpretation:
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Interpretation:
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 عُقْبَٰهَا
Interpretation:
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا 1 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا 2 وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا 3 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا 4 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا 5 وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا 6 وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا 7 فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا 8 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا 9 وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا 10 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ 11 إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا 12 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا 13 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا 14 وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا 15