Chapter 91 |
The Sun |
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15 Verses |
ash-Shams |
الـشـمـس |
1 |
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. By the sun and its brightness |
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا |
2 |
And [by] the moon when it follows it |
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا |
3 |
And [by] the day when it displays it |
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا |
4 |
And [by] the night when it covers it |
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا |
5 |
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it |
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا |
6 |
And [by] the earth and He who spread it |
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا |
7 |
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it |
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا |
8 |
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, |
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا |
9 |
He has succeeded who purifies it, |
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا |
10 |
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]. |
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا |
11 |
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression, |
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ |
12 |
When the most wretched of them was sent forth. |
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا |
13 |
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, “[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink.” |
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا |
14 |
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]. |
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا |
15 |
And He does not fear the consequence thereof. |
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا |