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Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)

(سورة الشَّمۡسِ)
Surah 91 • Category: Meccan • Verses: 15
1

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا

English Translation
By the sun and its brightness
2

وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا

English Translation
And [by] the moon when it follows it
3

وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا

English Translation
And [by] the day when it displays it
4

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا

English Translation
And [by] the night when it covers it
5

وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا

English Translation
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
6

وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا

English Translation
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا

English Translation
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا

English Translation
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا

English Translation
He has succeeded who purifies it,
10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا

English Translation
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا

English Translation
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
12

إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا

English Translation
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا

English Translation
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا

English Translation
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].
15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا

English Translation
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

About Surah Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)

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