Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Muhammad Asad
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and the moon as it reflects the sun
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Consider the day as it reveals the world
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
and the night as it veils it darkly
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Consider the sky and its wondrous make
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and the earth and all its expanse
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15