91. Ash-Shams (1 to 15)
By the sun and its brightness, And [by] the moon when it follows it, And [by] the day when it displays it, And [by] the night when it covers it…
1 وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
wa’lʃ:amsi waḍuḥay’ha’
By the sun and its brightness
2 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
wa’lqamari ‘ʔiða’ talay’ha’
And [by] the moon when it follows it
3 وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
wa’ln:aha’ri ‘ʔiða’ jal:ay’ha’
And [by] the day when it displays it
4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
wa’l:ayli ‘ʔiða’ yaɣʃay’ha’
And [by] the night when it covers it
5 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
wa’ls:ama’ʔʔi wama’ banay’ha’
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
6 وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
wa’l’ʔarḍi wama’ ṭaḥay’ha’
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
7 وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
wanafsinm wama’ saw:ay’ha’
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
8 فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
fa’ʔalhamaha’ fujuwraha’ wataqway’ha’
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
9 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
qad ‘ʔaflaḥa man zak:ay’ha’
He has succeeded who purifies it,
10 وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
waqad xa’ba man das:ay’ha’
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
11 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
kað:abat θamuwdu biṭaɣway’ha’ʔ
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
12 إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
‘ʔiði ‘nmbaʕaθa ‘ʔaʃqay’ha’
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
13 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَهَا
faqa’la lahum rasuwlu ‘ll:ahi na’qata ‘ll:ahi wasuqyaha’
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
14 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
fakað:abuwhu faʕaqaruwha’ fadamdama ʕalayhim rab:uhum biðanmbihim fasaw:ay’ha’
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 وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَهَا
wala’ yaxa’fu ʕuqbaha’
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.