Read Surah Ash-Shams — Full Text with Transliteration
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91. Ash-Shams — The Sun
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا91:1
Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا91:2
Wal qamari izaa talaa haa
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا91:3
Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا91:4
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa
And [by] the night when it covers it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا91:5
Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا91:6
Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا91:7
Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا91:8
Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا91:9
Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا91:10
Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ91:11
Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا91:12
Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا91:13
Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا91:14
Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa
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].
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا91:15
Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.