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Surah The Sun [Ash-Shams] in English

Surah The Sun [Ash-Shams] Ayah 15 Location Maccah Number 91

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

And the moon as she follows in his wake,

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

The day when it reveals his radiance,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

The night when it covers him over,

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

The heavens and its architecture,

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

The earth and its spreading out,

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

The soul and how it was integrated

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

He who nourishes it will surely be successful,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

And he who confines it will surely come to grief.

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

When among them the great wretch arose,

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

And the apostle of God had to tell them: \"This is God's she-camel, let her drink.\"

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

He does not fear the consequence.