Read Surat Ash-Shams with Tafsir and Translation

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا [١]

Translation: English - Sahih International

By the sun and its brightness

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا [٢]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And [by] the moon when it follows it

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا [٣]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And [by] the day when it displays it

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا [٤]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And [by] the night when it covers it

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا [٥]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا [٦]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا [٧]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا [٨]

Translation: English - Sahih International

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

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا [٩]

Translation: English - Sahih International

He has succeeded who purifies it,

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا [١٠]

Translation: English - Sahih International

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

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا [١١]

Translation: English - Sahih International

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

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا [١٢]

Translation: English - Sahih International

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا [١٣]

Translation: English - Sahih International

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 رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا [١٤]

Translation: English - Sahih International

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 عُقْبَاهَا [١٥]

Translation: English - Sahih International

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

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