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Surah 91 · Makkan
الشمس
Ash-Shams
The Sun
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 191:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
- 291:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
- 391:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it1
- 491:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
- 591:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
- 691:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
- 791:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1
- 891:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
- 991:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
- 1091:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
- 1191:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
- 1291:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1
- 1391:13
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."
- 1491:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they denied him and hamstrung1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
- 1591:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1