Sūra XCI.: Shams, or The Sun.

Section 1

1. Waalshshamsi waduhaha

1. By the Sun
And his (glorious) splendour;

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2. Waalqamari itha talaha

2. By the Moon
As she follows him;

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3. Waalnnahari itha jallaha

3. By the Day as it
Shows up (the Sun's) glory;

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4. Waallayli itha yaghshaha

4. By the Night as it
Conceals it;

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5. Waalssama-i wama banaha

5. By the Firmament
And its (wonderful) structure;

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6. Waal-ardi wama tahaha

6. By the Earth
And its (wide) expanse;

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7. Wanafsin wama sawwaha

7. By the Soul,
And the proportion and order
Given to it;

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8. Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

8. And its enlightenment
As to its wrong
And its right;—

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9. Qad aflaha man zakkaha

9. Truly he succeeds
That purifies it,

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10. Waqad khaba man dassaha

10. And he fails
That corrupts it!

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11. Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

11. The Thamūd (people)
Rejected (their prophet)
Through their inordinate
Wrong-doing.

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12. Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

12. Behold, the most wicked
Man among them was
Deputed (for impiety).

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13. Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

13. But the apostle of God
Said to them: "It is
A She-camel of God!
And (bar her not
From) having her drink!"

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14. Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

14. Then they rejected him
(As a false prophet),
And they hamstrung her.
So their Lord, on account
Of their crime, obliterated
Their traces and made them
Equal (in destruction,
High and low)!

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15. Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha

15. And for Him
Is no fear
Of its consequences.