and Allah said "And proclaim the pilgramage among men; they will come to thee on foot and on every kind of camel. Lean on account of Journeys through deep and distant mountain highways" Surah 22 ~ Al Hajj Part 27
shams - sun |
Revealed in Makkah
Bismillah arak maan nira heem, Alhamdhulillahi Rabil Alamin; arak maan nira heem Wash - Shamsi wa zuhaahaa Wal - Qamari 'izaa talaahaa Wan - Nahaari 'izaa jallaahaa Wal - layli 'izaa yagshaahaa Was - samaaa - i wa maa banaahaa Wal - arzi wa maa tahaahaa Wa nafisinwa - a ma sawwaahaa Fa - alhamhaa fujuurahaa; wa taqwaahaa Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa Izimba- 'asa ashqaahaa Fa - qaala lahum Rasuulullaahi Naqatallaahi wa suqyaahaa! Fa - kazzabuuhu fa - 'aqaruuhaa. Fadam - dama 'alayhim Rabbuhum - bizambihim fasaw - waahaa! Wa laa yakhaafu 'uqbaahaa
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful By the sun and his brightness By the moon that follows him And the day when it reveals him And the Night that enshrouds him And the heaven and He who built it And the Earth and He who spread it And a soul and He who perfected it And inspired it for what is wrong with it and right for it He is indeed successful who causes it grow And he is indeed a failure who stuns it (The Tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth), in their rebellious pride When the lowest of them broke out And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink! But they denied him, and they hamstrung her. So Allah doomed them for their sin and levelled (their dwellings) He dreds not the sequel (of events)
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This early Makkan Surah revears Allah creation and points out the need of man's spiritual responsibility and the consequences of those who do not fear the hereafter