Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Syed Vickar Ahamed
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its glory
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And by the moon as follows it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And by the Day as it reveals (the sun’s) glory
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
And by the night as it conceals it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And by the sky and its (wonderful) structure
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And by the earth and its (vast) territory
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And by the soul and the proportion and order given to it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
And its enlightenment and to its wrong and to its right—
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Truly, he succeeds who purifies it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he fails who corrupts it
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
The people of Samood (Thamud) rejected (their messenger) by their excessive wrong-doing
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
Look, the most wicked man among them was chosen (for the crime)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
But the messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a she-camel of Allah! And (let her) have her drink
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet) and they injured her (by cutting her hamstrings, See 54.29). So their Lord, on account of their crime, removed their traces and made them equal (in destruction)
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
And for Him, there is no fear of its consequences
Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15