Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. والشمس وضحاها

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   By the sun and her forenoon splendour,

   wa-sh-shamsi wa-ḍuḥāhā

2. والقمر إذا تلاها

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   by the moon when he follows her,

   wa-l-qamari ʾidhā talāhā

3. والنهار إذا جلاها

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   by the day when it reveals her,

   wa-n-nahāri ʾidhā jallāhā

4. والليل إذا يغشاها

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   by the night when it covers her,

   wa-l-layli ʾidhā yaghshāhā

5. والسماء وما بناها

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   by the sky and Him who built it,

   wa-s-samāʾi wa-mā banāhā

6. والأرض وما طحاها

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   by the earth and Him who spread it,

   wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā ṭaḥāhā

7. ونفس وما سواها

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   by the soul and Him who fashioned it,

   wa-nafsin wa-mā sawwāhā

8. فألهمها فجورها وتقواها

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   and inspired it with [discernment between] its virtues and vices:

   fa-ʾalhamahā fujūrahā wa-taqwāhā

9. قد أفلح من زكاها

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   one who purifies it is felicitous,

   qad ʾaflaḥa man zakkāhā

10. وقد خاب من دساها

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    and one who betrays it fails.

    wa-qad khāba man dassāhā

11. كذبت ثمود بطغواها

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    The [people of] Thamud denied [Allah’s signs] out of their rebellion,

    kadhdhabat thamūdu bi-ṭaghwāhā

12. إذ انبعث أشقاها

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    when the most wretched of them rose up.

    ʾidhi nbaʿatha ʾashqāhā

13. فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها

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    The apostle of Allah had told them, ‘This is Allah’s she-camel, let her drink!’

    fa-qāla lahum rasūlu llāhi nāqata llāhi wa-suqyāhā

14. فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها

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    But they impugned him and hamstrung her. So their Lord took them unawares by night because of their sin, and levelled it.

    fa-kadhdhabūhu fa-ʿaqarūhā fa-damdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bi-dhanbihim fa-sawwāhā

15. ولا يخاف عقباها

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    And He does not fear its outcome.

    wa-lā yakhāfu ʿuqbāhā