The Sun — Al Muntakhab Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

By the sun and its daylight

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

By the moon which follows it when first seen shortly after their apparent proximity or conjunction

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

By the day which exposes the sun’s glory and exposes the earth to sight

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

By the night which keeps the sun out of view and the earth veiled to sight

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

By the heaven and the way it was constructed,

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

And by the earth and the way its expanse was conducted.

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

And by the soul and how it was made to comprehend the difference between right and wrong and how its contrary attributes were divinely inducte

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

And how He inspired the self with self-abuse and self-indulgence, as well as with reverence and vindication and self-sacrifice and adaptation

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

Successful indeed will be he who is endowed with the attribute of self- reproach and self-judgment, who listens to such advice as Allah propounds

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

And a loser indeed will be he who has perverted himself and by the hand of sin he is bound

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

The people of Thamud rejected the truth, brought to them by Allah's Messenger - Saleh -, through impudent transgression

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

And there, did their most wicked leader jump at the occasion to defy Allah's ordinance and prompt the aggression

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Allah's Messenger warned them against harming Allah's She- Camel and advised them to let her drink

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

But they considered him a liar; they disabled the She-Camel by cutting her hamstring muscles; and so Allah pounded them away in requital of their criminal deed, and of all hopes they were dashed to the ground

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

For Allah fears no consequences nor to anything ever He is bound

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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