The Sun — Ahmed Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

And the moon as she follows in his wake

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

The day when it reveals his radiance

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

The night when it covers him over

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

The heavens and its architecture

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

The earth and its spreading out

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

The soul and how it was integrate

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

He who nourishes it will surely be successful

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

And he who confines it will surely come to grief

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perversenes

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

When among them the great wretch arose

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink."

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

He does not fear the consequence

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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