Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Dr Laleh Bakhtiar
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its forenoon
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and by the moon when it related to it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and by the daytime when it displayed it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
and by the nighttime when it overcomes it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
and by the heaven and what built it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and by the earth and what widened it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
and by the soul and what shaped it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
and, then, inspired it to its acting immorally and God-consciousness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
he who made it pure prospered
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Surely, is frustrated whoever seduced it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Thamud denied because of their overboldness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
When the disappointed among them were aroused
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
and the Messenger of God said to them: Allow watering to the she-camel of God
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Then, they denied him; then, they crippled her. So their Lord doomed them for their impiety
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
Then, He leveled them. And He fears not its Ultimate End
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15