91 - Surah Ash-Shams

The Sun

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem



1. Wash shamsi wa duhaa haaBy the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
2. Wal qamari izaa talaa haaBy the Moon as she follows him;وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
3. Wannahaari izaa jallaa haaBy the Day as it shows up (the Sun´s) glory;وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
4. Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haaBy the Night as it conceals it;وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
5. Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaaBy the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
6. Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaaBy the Earth and its (wide) expanse:وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
7. Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaaBy the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
8. Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaaAnd its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
9. Qad aflaha man zakkaahaaTruly he succeeds that purifies it,قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
10. Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaaAnd he fails that corrupts it!وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا
11. Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaaThe Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
12. Izim ba'asa ashqaahaaBehold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
13. Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaaBut the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
14. Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaaThen they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
15. Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaaAnd for Him is no fear of its consequences.وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا