Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Abdul Hye

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

by the moon as it follows it (sun)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

by the day as it shows up (the sun’s) brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

by the night as it conceals it (the sun)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

by the heaven and Him who built it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

by the earth and Him who spread it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

by the soul and Him who perfected it in proportion
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

and He inspired him with (knowledge of) what is wrong for him and what is right for him
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Indeed one will succeed who purifies his own self (obey Allah)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

and indeed one will fail who corrupts him (disobey Allah)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

Thamud (people) denied (their prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the truth)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

when the most wicked person among them went out (to kill the she-camel)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

The Messenger of Allah (Saleh) said to them: “That is the she-camel of Allah! (Don’t harm it and don’t stop it from) its drink.”
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

They denied him and killed her. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (leveled to ground)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14