The Sun — Shabbir Ahmed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Sun

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

Witness is the Sun and its radiant splendor

Waalshshamsi waduhaha

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

And the Moon that borrows its light

Waalqamari itha talaha

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

Witness is the day as it brightens the world

Waalnnahari itha jallaha

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

And the night that cloaks it

Waallayli itha yaghshaha

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

And the sky and its wondrous design

Waalssama-i wama banaha

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

And the earth and its vast expanse

Waal-ardi wama tahaha

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

Consider the human 'Self, and how it is capable for being balanced out

Wanafsin wama sawwaha

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

And how it is instilled with the capacity to disintegrate or become secure

Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا

Successful indeed is he who grows the 'Self'

Qad aflaha man zakkaha

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا

And failure is indeed he who keeps it buried (under ignorance and superstition)

Waqad khaba man dassaha

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

(Disregarding this principle) Thamud rejected (Saleh) while playing God. ('Tagha' = Being 'Taghut' = Becoming a false god = Playing God = Transgressing = Rebelling = Crossing bounds of decency = Extreme arrogance)

Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

Behold, the most forward among them was picked up for defiance

Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

Although Allah's Messenger had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to Allah, so let her drink!" (The land belongs to Allah, and this she-camel represents the weak among you (7:73), (26:155))

Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

But they denied him and they killed her. Their Lord then doomed them all alike for their lagging behind in compliance

Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

For none of them had any fear of what might befall them

Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

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