Surah Ash Shams
Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
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وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحٰىهَاۖ
Wasy-syamsi wa ḍuḥāhā.
By the sun and its brightness,
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وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَاۖ
Wal-qamari iżā talāhā.
and the moon as it follows it,
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وَالنَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىهَاۖ
Wan-nahāri iżā jallāhā.
and the day as it unveils it,
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وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰىهَاۖ
Wal-laili iżā yagsyāhā.
and the night as it conceals it!
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وَالسَّمَاۤءِ وَمَا بَنٰىهَاۖ
Was-samā'i wa mā banāhā.
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
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وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا طَحٰىهَاۖ
Wal-arḍi wa mā ṭaḥāhā.
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
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وَنَفْسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰىهَاۖ
Wa nafsiw wa mā sawwāhā.
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
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فَاَلْهَمَهَا فُجُوْرَهَا وَتَقْوٰىهَاۖ
Fa alhamahā fujūrahā wa taqwāhā.
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
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قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَاۖ
Qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā.
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰىهَاۗ
Wa qad khāba man dassāhā.
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِطَغْوٰىهَآ ۖ
Każżabat ṡamūdu biṭagwāhā.
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,
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اِذِ انْۢبَعَثَ اَشْقٰىهَاۖ
Iżimba‘aṡa asyqāhā.
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَسُقْيٰهَاۗ
Fa qāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wa suqyāhā.
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
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فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَعَقَرُوْهَاۖ فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ فَسَوّٰىهَاۖ
Fa każżabūhu fa ‘aqarūhā fa damdama ‘alaihim rabbuhum biżambihim fa sawwāhā.
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبٰهَا ࣖ
Wa lā yakhāfu ‘uqbāhā.
He has no fear of consequences.