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سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

15 Ayahs 3 Topics Meccan

Topics in this Surah

The great oath and its answer

Ayah 1 - 7

ﱌ ﱍ

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,

ﱏ ﱐ ﱑ

And the moon as she follows in his wake,

ﱓ ﱔ ﱕ

The day when it reveals his radiance,

ﱗ ﱘ ﱙ

The night when it covers him over,

ﱛ ﱜ ﱝ

The heavens and its architecture,

ﱟ ﱠ ﱡ

The earth and its spreading out,

ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ

The soul and how it was integrated

The Thamud people and its end

Ayah 8 - 15

ﱧ ﱨ ﱩ

And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.

ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ

He who nourishes it will surely be successful,

ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ ﱳ

And he who confines it will surely come to grief.

ﱵ ﱶ ﱷ

The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness

ﱹ ﱺ ﱻ

When among them the great wretch arose,

ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ ﲁ ﲂ ﲃ

And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink."

ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ ﲈ ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ

But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.

ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ

He does not fear the consequence.