وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١
wal-shamsi waḍuḥāhā
1. By the sun and its brightness
Surah Ash-Shams transliteration
سورة الشمس
Here is Surah Ash-Shams (“The Sun”) in transliteration: each of its 15 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢
wal-qamari idhā talāhā
2. And [by] the moon when it follows it
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣
wal-nahāri idhā jallāhā
3. And [by] the day when it displays it1931
Notes
[1931] The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ٤
wa-al-layli idhā yaghshāhā
4. And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥
wal-samāi wamā banāhā
5. And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦
wal-arḍi wamā ṭaḥāhā
6. And [by] the earth and He who spread it
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧
wanafsin wamā sawwāhā
7. And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1932
Notes
[1932] i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ٨
fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā
8. And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩
qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā
9. He has succeeded who purifies it,
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠
waqad khāba man dassāhā
10. And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ١١
kadhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā
11. Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ١٢
idhi inbaʿatha ashqāhā
12. When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1933
Notes
[1933] To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ١٣
faqāla lahum rasūlu l-lahi nāqata l-lahi wasuq'yāhā
13. And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤
fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā
14. But they denied him and hamstrung1934 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
Notes
[1934] And then killed.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ١٥
walā yakhāfu ʿuq'bāhā
15. And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1935
Notes
[1935] Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23.
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