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Surah 91 · Meccan · 15 verses

سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ

Ash-Shams
The Sun
91:1
Arabic
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
English
By the sun and its brightness
91:2
Arabic
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
English
And [by] the moon when it follows it
91:3
Arabic
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
English
And [by] the day when it displays it
91:4
Arabic
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
English
And [by] the night when it covers it
91:5
Arabic
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
English
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
91:6
Arabic
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
English
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
91:7
Arabic
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
English
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
91:8
Arabic
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
English
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
91:9
Arabic
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
English
He has succeeded who purifies it,
91:10
Arabic
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
English
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
91:11
Arabic
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
English
Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
91:12
Arabic
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
English
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
91:13
Arabic
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
English
And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."
91:14
Arabic
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
English
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].
91:15
Arabic
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
English
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.