Surah Ash-Shams

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا١

   91:1

   wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

   By the sun and its brightness

2. وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا٢

   91:2

   wal-qamari idhā talāhā

   And [by] the moon when it follows it

3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا٣

   91:3

   wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā

   And [by] the day when it displays it

4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا٤

   91:4

   wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā

   And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا٥

   91:5

   wal-samāi wamā banāhā

   And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا٦

   91:6

   wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

   And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7. وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا٧

   91:7

   wanafsin wamā sawwāhā

   And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8. فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا٨

   91:8

   fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

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

9. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا٩

   91:9

   qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā

   He has succeeded who purifies it,

10. وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا١٠

    91:10

    waqad khāba man dassāhā

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

11. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ١١

    91:11

    kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

    Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا١٢

    91:12

    idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13. فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا١٣

    91:13

    faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi 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."

14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا١٤

    91:14

    fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

    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].

15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا١٥

    91:15

    walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.