Surah Ash Shams with English translation
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
91:1 وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
By the sun and its brightness
91:2 وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
91:3 وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
91:4 وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
And [by] the night when it covers it
91:5 وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
91:6 وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
91:7 وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
91:8 فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
91:9 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
91:10 وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
91:11 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
91:12 إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
91:13 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, “[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink.”
91:14 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
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].
91:15 وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.