الـشـمـس

1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

1 Waalshshamsi waduhaha

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,

2 By the Moon as she follows him;

2 Waalqamari itha talaha

2 And the moon when she followeth him,

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

3 Waalnnahari itha jallaha

3 And the day when it revealeth him,

4 By the Night as it conceals it;

4 Waallayli itha yaghshaha

4 And the night when it enshroudeth him,

5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

5 Waalssamai wama banaha

5 And the heaven and Him Who built it,

6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

6 Waalardi wama tahaha

6 And the earth and Him Who spread it,

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

7 Wanafsin wama sawwaha

7 And a soul and Him Who perfected it

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

8 Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

8 And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

9 Qad aflaha man zakkaha

9 He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,

10 And he fails that corrupts it!

10 Waqad khaba man dassaha

10 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.

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

11 Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

11 (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,

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

12 Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

12 When the basest of them broke 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 Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

13 And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let 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 Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

14 But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

15 Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

15 He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).