Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Mohammad Shafi
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And by the moon as it reflects it [brightness of the Sun]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And by the day, when it displays it [brightness of the Sun]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
And by the night, when it veils it [brightness of the Sun]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And by the sky and what it constitutes
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And by the earth and what makes it spread [prolong] its existence
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And by the soul and what shapes it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
Then inspired it with knowledge of what is wrong for it and what is right
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Certainly, the one who keeps it [soul] pure is successful
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And, certainly, the one who corrupts it is ruined
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
The people of Thamood denied the Truth by committing transgression
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
When the most wicked man among them came forward [to disobey divine directive]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
Allah's Messenger had then warned them about Allah's she-camel and her [allotted time of] drink
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they rejected him, and crippled her. For this sin of theirs, their Lord let loose His anger upon them, and razed their dwellings to the ground
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
And He has not to be afraid of its consequences
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15