The Sun — Aisha Bewley Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

By the sun and its morning brightness,

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

and the moon when it follows it,

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

and the day when it displays it,

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

and the night when it conceals it

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

and the sky and what erected it

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

and the earth and what extended it.

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

and the self and what proportioned it

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

and inspired it with depravity or taqwa,

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

he who purifies it has succeeded,

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

he who covers it up has failed.

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Thamud denied in their excessive tyranny —

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

when the worst of them rushed ahead,

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

and the Messenger of Allah had said to them, ´This is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!´

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

But they denied him and they hamstrung her, so their Lord crushed them for their sin and flattened them.

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

And He does not fear the consequences.

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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