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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

By the sun and its brightness

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Ash Shams  1    

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

Waalqamari itha talaha

And [by] the moon when it follows it

By the Moon as she follows him;

Ash Shams  2    

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

And [by] the day when it displays it

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

Ash Shams  3    

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

And [by] the night when it covers it

By the Night as it conceals it;

Ash Shams  4    

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

Waalssamai wama banaha

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Ash Shams  5    

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

Waalardi wama tahaha

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Ash Shams  6    

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

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

Ash Shams  7    

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

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

Ash Shams  8    

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

He has succeeded who purifies it,

Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Ash Shams  9    

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

Waqad khaba man dassaha

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

And he fails that corrupts it!

Ash Shams  10    

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

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

Ash Shams  11    

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

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

Ash Shams  12    

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

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

Ash Shams  13    

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

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].

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)!

Ash Shams  14    

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

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