ٱلشَّمْس

Ash-Shams

The Sun

Surah 9115 Ayahsmeccan
Ash-Shams15 verses

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ ۟

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

1

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحٰىهَا ۟

Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

2

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَا ۟

Wal qamari izaa talaa haa

By the Moon as she follows him;

3

وَالنَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىهَا ۟

Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa

By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

4

وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا یَغْشٰىهَا ۟

Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa

By the Night as it conceals it;

5

وَالسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنٰىهَا ۟

Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

6

وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا طَحٰىهَا ۟

Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

7

وَنَفْسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰىهَا ۟

Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa

By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

8

فَاَلْهَمَهَا فُجُوْرَهَا وَتَقْوٰىهَا ۟

Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa

And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

9

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَا ۟

Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰىهَا ۟

Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa

And he fails that corrupts it!

11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِطَغْوٰىهَاۤ ۟

Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa

The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

12

اِذِ انْۢبَعَثَ اَشْقٰىهَا ۟

Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa

Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَسُقْیٰهَا ۟

Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa

But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

14

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَعَقَرُوْهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَیْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ فَسَوّٰىهَا ۟

Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa

Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

15

وَلَا یَخَافُ عُقْبٰهَا 

Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa

And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

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