Surah Ash-Shams

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحٰىهَاۖ ۝١

Wasy-syamsi wa ḍuḥāhā

1. By the sun and its radiance.

وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَاۖ ۝٢

Wal-qomari iżā talāhā

2. And the moon as it follows it.

وَالنَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىهَاۖ ۝٣

Wan-nahāri iżā jallāhā

3. And the day as it reveals it.

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰىهَاۖ ۝٤

Wal-laili iżā yaghsyāhā

4. And the night as it conceals it.

وَالسَّمَاۤءِ وَمَا بَنٰىهَاۖ ۝٥

Was-samā-i wa mā banāhā

5. And the sky and He who built it.

وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا طَحٰىهَاۖ ۝٦

Wal-arḍi wa mā ṭoḥāhā

6. And the earth and He who spread it.

وَنَفْسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰىهَاۖ ۝٧

Wa nafsiw wa mā sawwāhā

7. And the soul and He who proportioned it.

فَاَلْهَمَهَا فُجُوْرَهَا وَتَقْوٰىهَاۖ ۝٨

Fa alhamahā fujūrohā wa taqwāhā

8. And inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness.

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَاۖ ۝٩

Qod aflaḥa man zakkāhā

9. Successful is he who purifies it.

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰىهَاۗ ۝١٠

Wa qod khōba man dassāhā

10. Failing is he who corrupts it.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِطَغْوٰىهَآ ۖ ۝١١

Każżabat ṡamūdu biṭoghwāhā

11. Thamood denied in its pride.

اِذِ انْۢبَعَثَ اَشْقٰىهَاۖ ۝١٢

Iżimba‘aṡa asyqōhā

12. When it followed its most wicked.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَسُقْيٰهَاۗ ۝١٣

Fa qōla lahum rosūlullāhi nāqotallāhi wa suqyāhā

13. The messenger of Allah said to them, “This is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink.”

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَعَقَرُوْهَاۖ فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ فَسَوّٰىهَاۖ ۝١٤

Fa każżabūhu fa ‘aqorūhā fa damdama ‘alaihim robbuhum biżambihim fa sawwāhā

14. But they called him a liar, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled it.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبٰهَا ࣖ ۝١٥

Wa lā yakhōfu ‘uqbāhā

15. And He does not fear its sequel.