The Sun — Edward Henry Palmer Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

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By the sun and its noonday brightness

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

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And the moon when it follows him

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

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And the day when it displays him

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

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And the night when it covers him

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

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And the heaven and what built it

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

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And the earth and what spread it

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

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And the soul and what fashioned it, and taught i

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

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its sin and its piety

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

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Prosperous is he who purifies it

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

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And disappointed is he who corrupts it

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

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Thamud called the apostle a liar in their outrage

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

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when their wretch rose u

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

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and the apostle of God said to them, God's she-camel! so give her to drink

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

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But they called him a liar, and they ham-strung her; but their Lord destroyed them in their sins, and served them all alike

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

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and He fears not the result thereof

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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