The Sun

91 - Ash-Shams

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

  • 91:1
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    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

    By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

  • 91:2
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    وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

    By the Moon as she follows him;

  • 91:3
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    وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

    By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

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    وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

    By the Night as it conceals it;

  • 91:5
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    وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

    By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

  • 91:6
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    وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

    By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

  • 91:7
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    وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

    By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

  • 91:8
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    فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

    And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

  • 91:9
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    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

    Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

  • 91:10
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    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

    And he fails that corrupts it!

  • 91:11
    11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

    The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

  • 91:12
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    إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

    Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

  • 91:13
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    فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

    But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

  • 91:14
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    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

    Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

  • 91:15
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    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

    And for Him is no fear of its consequences.