The Sun

91 - Ash-Shams

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

  • 91:1
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    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

    By the sun and its brightness

  • 91:2
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    وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  • 91:3
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    وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

    And [by] the day when it displays it

  • 91:4
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    وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

    And [by] the night when it covers it

  • 91:5
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    وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  • 91:6
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    وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  • 91:7
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    وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  • 91:8
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    فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

    And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

  • 91:9
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    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  • 91:10
    10

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

  • 91:11
    11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

    Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

  • 91:12
    12

    إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

  • 91:13
    13

    فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

    And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

  • 91:14
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    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

    But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

  • 91:15
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    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.