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Ash-Shams

English Translation - Saheeh International

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا}

(1) By the sun and its brightness

{وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا}

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

{وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا}

(3) And [by] the day when it displays it[1931]

{وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا}

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

{وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا}

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

{وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا}

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

{وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا}

(7) And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it[1932]

{فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا}

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

{قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا}

(9) He has succeeded who purifies it,

{وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا}

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

{كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا}

(11) Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

{إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا}

(12) When the most wretched of them was sent forth.[1933]

{فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا}

(13) 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 فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا}

(14) But they denied him and hamstrung[1934] her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

{وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا}

(15) And He does not fear the consequence thereof.[1935]

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