Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Ali Unal

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

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

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And the moon as it follows it (reflecting its light)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And the day as it reveals it (the sun)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

And the night as it enshrouds it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And the heaven and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has built it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And the earth and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has spread it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And the human selfhood and that (All-Knowing, All-Powerful, and All-Wise One) Who has formed it to perfection
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

And Who has inspired it with the conscience of what is wrong and bad for it and what is right and good for it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He is indeed prosperous who has grown it in purity (away from self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he is indeed lost who has corrupted it (in self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

The (tribe of) Thamud denied (the Divine Message and their Messenger, and displayed their denial) in their arrogant rebellion
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

(Especially) when (finally) the most wicked among them (instigated by his people) rushed forward
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

The Messenger of God (Salih) said (warning them, and reminding them again of the terms of their pledge): "It is the she-camel of God, and observe her turn in drinking
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13