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Ash-Shams
سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ
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Arabic: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Turkish translation audio: Diyanet Vakfı. English translation audio: Ibrahim Walk. These audio translations differ from the displayed Rowwad translation, so wording may vary. Audio loads from Islamic Network only when you start listening.
Translation: Rowwad Translation Center · english_rwwad · v1.0.20 · Sources and edition details
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness,
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and by the moon as it follows it[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., appears after the sun disappears.
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and by the day as it displays it[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., the earth or the sun.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
and by the night as it covers it[1],
Translation notes
[1] i.e., the earth or the sun.
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
and by the sky and how He made it,
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and by the earth and how He spread it,
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
and by the soul and how He fashioned it[1],
Translation notes
[1] By sound natural disposition.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and he who corrupts it will be doomed.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
when the most wretched among them rose[1].
Translation notes
[1] To kill the camel that Allah sent as a miracle to them.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
Although the messenger of Allah warned them, “Hands off the she-camel of Allah and her drink!”
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her[1]. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.
Translation notes
[1] And then killed her.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
And He has no fear of the consequences thereof[1].
Translation notes
[1] Allah is not asked for what He does, but His slaves will be asked. See 21:23
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Arabic text: Tanzil Project · Uthmani v1.1 · © 2007–2026 Tanzil Project · CC BY 3.0. The text is reproduced without changing its letters or diacritics. The opening basmalah is retained where supplied by the source; it is absent at the beginning of At-Tawbah.
Translation publisher: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com · English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · v1.0.20. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Translation and footnotes are reproduced unchanged.
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