Surah Ash-Shams

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 91:1 ▶

   وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ﴿١﴾

   wash-shamsi waḍuḥāhā

   By the sun and its brightness

2. 91:2 ▶

   وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ﴿٢﴾

   wal-qamari 'idhā talāhā

   And [by] the moon when it follows it

3. 91:3 ▶

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ﴿٣﴾

   wan-nahāri 'idhā jallāhā

   And [by] the day when it displays it

   The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.

4. 91:4 ▶

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ﴿٤﴾

   wallayli 'idhā yaghshāhā

   And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

5. 91:5 ▶

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ﴿٥﴾

   was-samā'i wamā banāhā

   And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6. 91:6 ▶

   وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ﴿٦﴾

   wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā

   And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7. 91:7 ▶

   وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴿٧﴾

   wanafsiw wamā sawwāhā

   And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

   i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.

8. 91:8 ▶

   فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ﴿٨﴾

   fa'alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā

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

9. 91:9 ▶

   قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ﴿٩﴾

   qad 'aflaḥa man zakkāhā

   He has succeeded who purifies it,

10. 91:10 ▶

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ﴿١٠﴾

    waqad khāba man dassāhā

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

11. 91:11 ▶

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ﴿١١﴾

    kadhdhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā

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

12. 91:12 ▶

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ﴿١٢﴾

    idhi mbaʿatha 'ashqāhā

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

    To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.

13. 91:13 ▶

    فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا ﴿١٣﴾

    faqāla lahum rasūlu llāhi nāqata llāhi wasuqyāhā

    And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

14. 91:14 ▶

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ﴿١٤﴾

    fakadhdhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhambihim fasawwāhā

    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].

    And then killed.

15. 91:15 ▶

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا ﴿١٥﴾

    walā yakhāfu ʿuqbāhā

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

    Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23.

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.