الـشـمـس

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

1 I swear by the sun and its brilliance,

1 By the sun and its brightness

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

2 And the moon when it follows the sun,

2 And [by] the moon when it follows it

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

3 And the day when it shows it,

3 And [by] the day when it displays it

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

4 And the night when it draws a veil over it,

4 And [by] the night when it covers it

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

5 And the heaven and Him Who made it,

5 And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

6 And the earth and Him Who extended it,

6 And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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

7 And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,

7 And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

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

8 Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;

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

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

9 He will indeed be successful who purifies it,

9 He has succeeded who purifies it,

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

10 And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.

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

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

11 Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,

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

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

12 When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with

12 When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

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

13 So Allah's apostle said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she - camel, and (give) her (to) drink.

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

14 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)!

14 But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).

14 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 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

15 And He fears not its consequence.

15 And He does not fear the consequence thereof.