The Sun
Ash-Shams
91:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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91:2
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness,
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91:3
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and the moon as it follows it,
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91:4
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
and the day as it unveils it,
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91:5
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
and the night as it conceals it!
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91:6
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
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91:7
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
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91:8
وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
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91:9
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
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91:10
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
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91:11
وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
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91:12
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,
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91:13
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
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91:14
فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
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91:15
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.
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91:16
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
He has no fear of consequences.
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