Surah Ash-Shams — The Sun

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; 91:1

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

By the Moon as she follows him; 91:2

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; 91:3

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

By the Night as it conceals it; 91:4

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; 91:5

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 91:6

وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; 91:7

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- 91:8

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

Truly he succeeds that purifies it, 91:9

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

And he fails that corrupts it! 91:10

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, 91:11

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). 91:12

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!" 91:13

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾

Then 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)! 91:14

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

And for Him is no fear of its consequences. 91:15