91

Surah Ash-Shams

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ
The Sun 15 Ayahs Meccan Juz 30

Surah Ash-Shams takes multiple oaths including by the sun and soul, then tells of Thamud's destruction for rejecting their prophet and killing the she-camel.

1
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحٰىهَا ۟
English

By the sun and its brightness

2
وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىهَا ۟
English

And [by] the moon when it follows it

3
وَالنَّهَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىهَا ۟
English

And [by] the day when it displays it

4
وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا یَغْشٰىهَا ۟
English

And [by] the night when it covers it

5
وَالسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنٰىهَا ۟
English

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6
وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا طَحٰىهَا ۟
English

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7
وَنَفْسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰىهَا ۟
English

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8
فَاَلْهَمَهَا فُجُوْرَهَا وَتَقْوٰىهَا ۟
English

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

9
قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىهَا ۟
English

He has succeeded who purifies it,

10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰىهَا ۟ؕ
English

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

11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُوْدُ بِطَغْوٰىهَاۤ ۟
English

Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

12
اِذِ انْۢبَعَثَ اَشْقٰىهَا ۟
English

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ وَسُقْیٰهَا ۟ؕ
English

And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

14
فَكَذَّبُوْهُ فَعَقَرُوْهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَیْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ فَسَوّٰىهَا ۟
English

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].

15
وَلَا یَخَافُ عُقْبٰهَا ۟۠
English

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.