Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by John Medows Rodwell
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
BY the SUN and his noonday brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
By the Moon when she followeth him
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
By the Day when it revealeth his glory
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
By the Night when it enshroudeth him
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 forth
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
By a Soul and Him who balanced it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
And breathed into it its wickedness and its piety
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Blessed now is he who hath kept it pure
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And undone is he who hath corrupted it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Themoud in his impiety rejected the message of the Lord
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
When the greatest wretch among them rushed up
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
Said the Apostle of God to them, - "The Camel of God! let her drink
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they treated him as an impostor and hamstrung her. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime, and visited all alike
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
Nor feared he the issue
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15