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CHAPTER 91 · 15 VERSES

Surah Ash-Shams

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

By the sun and its radiance.

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the moon as it follows it.

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the day as it reveals it.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the night as it conceals it.

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the sky and He who built it.

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the earth and He who spread it.

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the soul and He who proportioned it.

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And inspired it with its wickedness and its righteousness.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Successful is he who purifies it.

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Failing is he who corrupts it.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Thamood denied in its pride.

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

When it followed its most wicked.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

The messenger of God said to them, “This is the she-camel of God, so let her drink.”

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But they called him a liar, and hamstrung her. So their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled it.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And He does not fear its sequel.

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