Surah Ash Shams With English Translations

وَ الشَّمْسِ وَ ضُحٰىهَا(1)

By the sun and its brightness (1)

وَ الْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَا(2)

And [by] the moon when it follows it (2)

وَ النَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىهَا(3)

And [by] the day when it displays it (3)

وَ الَّیْلِ اِذَا یَغْشٰىهَا(4)

And [by] the night when it covers it (4)

وَ السَّمَآءِ وَ مَا بَنٰىهَا(5)

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it (5)

وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ مَا طَحٰىهَا(6)

And [by] the earth and He who spread it (6)

وَ نَفْسٍ وَّ مَا سَوّٰىهَا(7)

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it (7)

فَاَلْهَمَهَا فُجُوْرَهَا وَ تَقْوٰىهَا(8)

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, (8)

قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَا(9)

He has succeeded who purifies it, (9)

وَ قَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰىهَاﭤ(10)

And he has failed who corrupts it. (10)

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِطَغْوٰىهَا(11)

Thamud denied [their prophet] through their transgression, (11)

اِذِ انْۢبَعَثَ اَشْقٰىهَا(12)

When the most wretched of them was sent forth. (12)

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَ سُقْیٰهَاﭤ(13)

And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drinking." (13)

فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَعَقَرُوْهَاﭪ--فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَیْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ فَسَوّٰىهَا(14)

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]. (14)

وَ لَا یَخَافُ عُقْبٰهَا(15)

And He does not fear its consequence. (15)