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91. Surah Ash-Shams

The Sun

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا١

By the sun and its brightness

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91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا٢

And [by] the moon when it follows it

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91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا٣

And [by] the day when it displays it1

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91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا٤

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

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91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا٥

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

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91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا٦

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا٧

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1

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91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا٨

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

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91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا٩

He has succeeded who purifies it,

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91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا١٠

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

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91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ١١

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

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91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا١٢

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1

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91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا١٣

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."

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91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا١٤

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].

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91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا١٥

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1

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