The Sun — Maududi Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

By the sun and its heat and brightness

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

and by the moon as it follows it

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

and by the day as it displays the sun´s glory

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

and by the night as it envelopes the sun

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

and by the sky and by Him Who made it

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

He who purifies it will prosper

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

and he who suppresses it will be ruined

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a li

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

when their arch-criminal rose up in rage

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Then Allah´s Messenger warned them: "Hands off the she-camel and her drink!"

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

He has no fear of its sequel

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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