الشمس
Surah Ash-Shams
“The Sun” · 15 verses · Meccan · Revelation order: 26
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Washshamsi waduhaha
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Walqamari itha talaha
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Wannahari itha jallaha
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Wallayli itha yaghshaha
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Wassama-i wama banaha
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Wal-ardi wama tahaha
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqataAllahi wasuqyaha
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
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqaroohafadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
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
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.