Al Shams

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1 By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

Transliteration

1 Waalshshamsi waduhaha

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2 By the Moon as she follows him;

Transliteration

2 Waalqamari itha talaha

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

Transliteration

3 Waalnnahari itha jallaha

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4 By the Night as it conceals it;

Transliteration

4 Waallayli itha yaghshaha

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5 By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

Transliteration

5 Waalssamai wama banaha

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6 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

Transliteration

6 Waalardi wama tahaha

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

Transliteration

7 Wanafsin wama sawwaha

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

Transliteration

8 Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

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9 Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

Transliteration

9 Qad aflaha man zakkaha

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10 And he fails that corrupts it!

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10 Waqad khaba man dassaha

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

Transliteration

11 Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

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

Transliteration

12 Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

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

Transliteration

13 Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

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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)!

Transliteration

14 Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

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15 And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

Transliteration

15 Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha