Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
And (by) the sun and its forenoon radiance
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And (by) the moon when it ensues it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And (by) the daytime when it manifests it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
And (by) the night when it envelops it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And (by) the heaven and That (i.e., The Command) which built it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And (by) the earth and That (i.e., The Command) which spread it (even)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And (by) the self and That (i.e., The Command) which molded it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
So He inspired it to its impiety and piety
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has already prospered who has cleansed it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has already been disappointed who stunts it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Thamud cried lies in their in ordinance
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
As the most wretched of them deputed himself
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
Then the Messenger of Allah said to them, "The she-camel of Allah! And (do not hinder) her drinking
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Yet they cried lies to him. So they hamstrung her; then their Lord devastated them for their guilty (deed), so He leveled it (i.e., destroyed the whole country)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
And He does not fear its Ultimate Outcome
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15