The Sun — Bijan Moeinian Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

Hereby God swears by the sun and its brightness

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

And by the moon which follows the sun

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

And by the day that takes over the darkness after sun appears

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

And by the night that takes over the day

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

And by the universe and the One Who created it

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

And by the earth and the One Who spread it

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

And by the life itself which is going through evolution toward being perfect

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

That God has clearly indicated what is right and what is wrong for man

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

The successful person is indeed the one who purify himself by controlling those desires which are listed as evil by God

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

The looser, on the contrary, is the one who does not believe in good and evil as indicated by God and commits evil deeds

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

Be reminded that before you, people of Thamud rebelled against God and denied his criteria

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

When the most wicked person among them went to kill the she camel (that they themselves had asked as a miracle.

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Their prophet begged them not kill the she camel that had appeared among them as a sign of God's covenant with them and let her to drink the water

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

They laughed at him and killed the camel (as a sign of rebellion and challenging God.

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

God does not care about what a dreadful punishment His rebellious creatures knowingly earn for themselves

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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