Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

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

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

By the moon which follows it when first seen shortly after their apparent proximity or conjunction
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

By the day which exposes the sun’s glory and exposes the earth to sight
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

By the night which keeps the sun out of view and the earth veiled to sight
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

By the heaven and the way it was constructed
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And by the earth and the way its expanse was conducted
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And by the soul and how it was made to comprehend the difference between right and wrong and how its contrary attributes were divinely inducted
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

And how He inspired the self with self-abuse and self-indulgence, as well as with reverence and vindication and self-sacrifice and adaptation
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Successful indeed will be he who is endowed with the attribute of self- reproach and self-judgment, who listens to such advice as Allah propounds
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And a loser indeed will be he who has perverted himself and by the hand of sin he is bound
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

The people of Thamud rejected the truth, brought to them by Allah's Messenger - Saleh -, through impudent transgression
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

And there, did their most wicked leader jump at the occasion to defy Allah's ordinance and prompt the aggression
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

Allah's Messenger warned them against harming Allah's She- Camel and advised them to let her drink
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

But they considered him a liar; they disabled the She-Camel by cutting her hamstring muscles; and so Allah pounded them away in requital of their criminal deed, and of all hopes they were dashed to the ground
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14