Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Ahmed Ali
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And the moon as she follows in his wake
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
The day when it reveals his radiance
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
The night when it covers him over
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
The heavens and its architecture
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
The earth and its spreading out
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
The soul and how it was integrated
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He who nourishes it will surely be successful
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he who confines it will surely come to grief
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
When among them the great wretch arose
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
He does not fear the consequence
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15