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Ash-Shams

The Sun15 Verses4 Hadithsmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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91:1
وَٱلشَّمۡسِ
By the sun
وَضُحَـٰهَا
and its brightness
١
By the sun and its brightness
91:2
وَٱلۡقَمَرِ
And the moon
إِذَا
when
تَلَـٰهَا
it follows it
٢
And [by] the moon when it follows it
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ
And the day
إِذَا
when
جَلَّـٰهَا
it displays it
٣
And [by] the day when it displays it1
91:4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ
And the night
إِذَا
when
يَغۡشَـٰهَا
it covers it
٤
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ
And the heaven
وَمَا
and (He) Who
بَنَـٰهَا
constructed it
٥
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
91:6
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
And the earth
وَمَا
and by (He) Who
طَحَـٰهَا
spread it
٦
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
91:7
وَنَفۡسٍ
And (the) soul
وَمَا
and (He) Who
سَوَّٮٰهَا
proportioned it
٧
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1
91:8
فَأَلۡهَمَهَا
And He inspired it
فُجُورَهَا
(to distinguish) its wickedness
وَتَقۡوَٮٰهَا
and its righteousness
٨
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
91:9
قَدۡ
Indeed
أَفۡلَحَ
he succeeds
مَن
who
زَكَّـٰهَا
purifies it
٩
He has succeeded who purifies it,
91:10
وَقَدۡ
And indeed
خَابَ
he fails
مَن
who
دَسَّـٰهَا
buries it
١٠
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
91:11
كَذَّبَتۡ
Denied
ثَمُودُ
Thamud
بِطَغۡوَٮٰهَآ
by their transgression
١١
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
91:12
إِذِ
When
ٱنۢبَعَثَ
(was) sent forth
أَشۡقَـٰهَا
(the) most wicked of them
١٢
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1
91:13
فَقَالَ
But said
لَهُمۡ
to them
رَسُولُ
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
نَاقَةَ
(It is the) she-camel
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
وَسُقۡيَـٰهَا
and her drink
١٣
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."
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ
But they denied him
فَعَقَرُوهَا
and they hamstrung her
فَدَمۡدَمَ
So destroyed
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
them
رَبُّهُم
their Lord
بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ
for their sin
فَسَوَّٮٰهَا
and leveled them
١٤
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].
91:15
وَلَا
And not
يَخَافُ
He fears
عُقۡبَـٰهَا
its consequences
١٥
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1
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