Surah Ash-Shams - English Translation by Umm Muhammad
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
                  By the sun and its brightness                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 1
                
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
                  And [by] the moon when it follows it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 2
                
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
                  And [by] the day when it displays it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 3
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
                  And [by] the night when it covers it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 4
                
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
                  And [by] the sky and He who constructed it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 5
                
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
                  And [by] the earth and He who spread it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 6
                
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
                  And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 7
                
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
                  And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 8
                
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
                  He has succeeded who purifies it                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 9
                
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
                  And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10
                
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
                  Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 11
                
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
                  When the most wretched of them was sent forth                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 12
                
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
                  And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 13
                
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
                  But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 14
                
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
                  And He does not fear the consequence thereof                  
                  Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 15