Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

By the sun and his brightness,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

By the Moon as she follows him;

And the moon when she followeth him,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

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

And the day when it revealeth him,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

By the Night as it conceals it;

And the night when it enshroudeth him,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

And the heaven and Him Who built it,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

And the earth and Him Who spread it,

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

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

And a soul and Him Who perfected it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he fails that corrupts it!

And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

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

When the basest of them broke forth

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا

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

And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

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)!

But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا

And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).