Surah Ash-Shams (91)

91:1

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

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91:2

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

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91:3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it 1

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91:4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

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91:5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

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91:6

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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91:7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 1

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91:8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

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

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91:9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it,

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91:10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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

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91:11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

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

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91:12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth. 1

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91:13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

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91:14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

But they denied him and hamstrung 1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

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91:15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof. 1

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