Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by N J Dawood
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
BY THE sun and his midday brightness
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
by the moon, when she rises after him
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
by the day, when it reveals his splendour
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
by the night, when it veils him
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
By the heaven and Him that built it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
by the earth and Him that spread it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
by the soul and Him that moulded it and inspired it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
with knowledge of sin and piety
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
blessed shall be he that has kept it pure
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and ruined he that has corrupted it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
In its presumptuous pride Thamūd denied their apostle
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
when its arch-sinner rose against him
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
God‘s apostle said: ‘This is God‘s own she-camel. Let her drink.‘
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
They disbelieved him, and hamstrung her. And for their sin their Lord let loose His scourge upon them and razed their city to the ground
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
He did not fear the consequences
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15