Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Muhammad Taqi Ud Din Al Hilali And Muhammad Muhsin Khan

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

And by the sun and its brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And by the moon as it follows it (the sun)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And by the day as it shows up (the sun's) brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

And by the night as it conceals it (the sun)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And by the heaven and Him Who built it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And by the earth and Him Who spread it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And by Nafs (Adam or a person or a soul, etc.), and Him Who perfected him in proportion
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

Then He showed him what is wrong for him and what is right for him
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself (i.e. obeys and performs all that Allah ordered, by following the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism and by doing righteous good deeds)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself (i.e. disobeys what Allah has ordered by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism or by following polytheism, etc. or by doing every kind of evil wicked deeds)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

Thamud (people) denied (their Prophet) through their transgression (by rejecting the true Faith of Islamic Monotheism, and by following polytheism, and by committing every kind of sin)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

When the most wicked man among them went forth (to kill the she-camel)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

But the Messenger of Allah [Salih (Saleh)] said to them: "Be cautious! Fear the evil end. That is the she-camel of Allah! (Do not harm it) and bar it not from having its drink
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Then they denied him and they killed it. So their Lord destroyed them because of their sin, and made them equal in destruction (i.e. all grades of people, rich and poor, strong and weak, etc)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14