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91. Ash-Shamsالشمس

15 ayahs · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا1

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا2

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا3

    And [by] the day when it displays it[1931]

  4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا4

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

  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا5

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا6

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا7

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it[1932]

  8. فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا8

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

  9. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا9

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا10

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

  11. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ11

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

  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا12

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.[1933]

  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا13

    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."

  14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا14

    But they denied him and hamstrung[1934] her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

  15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا15

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.[1935]

Translation: Saheeh International (QuranEnc edition, issued by Noor International Center) · v1.1.2

Arabic text: Tanzil Project — Quran text (Uthmani) · v1.1

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