Ash-Shams -- The Sun

15 verses · meccan

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

Ayah 1

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

Ayah 2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it

Ayah 3

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers it

Ayah 4

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Ayah 5

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Ayah 6

وَنَفۡسࣲ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

Ayah 7

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

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

Ayah 8

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it

Ayah 9

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

Ayah 10

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

Ayah 11

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth

Ayah 12

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

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

Ayah 13

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

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]

Ayah 14

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof

Ayah 15