Ash-Shams
The Sun
﷽
الشمس
وَٱلشَّمْسِ By the sun wal-shamsi and its brightness waḍuḥāhā
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ And the moon wal-qamari when idhā it follows it talāhā
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ And the day wal-nahāri when idhā it displays it jallāhā
And [by] the day when it displays it1
وَٱلَّيْلِ And the night wa-al-layli when idhā it covers it yaghshāhā
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ And the heaven wal-samāi and (He) Who wamā constructed it banāhā
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ And the earth wal-arḍi and by (He) Who wamā spread it ṭaḥāhā
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍۢ And (the) soul wanafsin and (He) Who wamā proportioned it sawwāhā
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1
فَأَلْهَمَهَا And He inspired it fa-alhamahā (to distinguish) its wickedness fujūrahā and its righteousness wataqwāhā
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ Indeed qad he succeeds aflaḥa who man purifies it zakkāhā
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ And indeed waqad he fails khāba who man buries it dassāhā
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ Denied kadhabat Thamud thamūdu by their transgression biṭaghwāhā
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ When idhi (was) sent forth inbaʿatha (the) most wicked of them ashqāhā
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1
فَقَالَ But said faqāla to them lahum (the) Messenger rasūlu (of) Allah l-lahi (It is the) she-camel nāqata (of) Allah l-lahi and her drink wasuq'yāhā
And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ But they denied him fakadhabūhu and they hamstrung her faʿaqarūhā So destroyed fadamdama them ʿalayhim their Lord rabbuhum for their sin bidhanbihim and leveled them fasawwāhā
But they denied him and hamstrung1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
وَلَا And not walā He fears yakhāfu its consequences ʿuq'bāhā
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1