Ash-Shams
The Sun
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الشمس
وَٱلشَّمْسِ By the sun wal-shamsi and its brightness waḍuḥāhā
By the sun and its brightness
وَٱلْقَمَرِ And the moon wal-qamari when idhā it follows it talāhā
And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ And the day wal-nahāri when idhā it displays it jallāhā
And [by] the day when it displays it
وَٱلَّيْلِ And the night wa-al-layli when idhā it covers it yaghshāhā
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ And the heaven wal-samāi and (He) Who wamā constructed it banāhā
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ And the earth wal-arḍi and by (He) Who wamā spread it ṭaḥāhā
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍۢ And (the) soul wanafsin and (He) Who wamā proportioned it sawwāhā
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
فَأَلْهَمَهَا And He inspired it fa-alhamahā (to distinguish) its wickedness fujūrahā and its righteousness wataqwāhā
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ Indeed qad he succeeds aflaḥa who man purifies it zakkāhā
He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ And indeed waqad he fails khāba who man buries it dassāhā
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].