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Surah 91 of 114

الشمس

Ash-Shams · The Sun

15 verses · Revealed in Makkah

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 91:1

    وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ۝١

    By the sun and its brightness

  2. 91:2

    وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ۝٢

    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. 91:3

    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ۝٣

    And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. 91:4

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا ۝٤

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

  5. 91:5

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ۝٥

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. 91:6

    وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ۝٦

    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. 91:7

    وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ۝٧

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. 91:8

    فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا ۝٨

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

  9. 91:9

    قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ۝٩

    He has succeeded who purifies it,

  10. 91:10

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ۝١٠

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

  11. 91:11

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ ۝١١

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

  12. 91:12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا ۝١٢

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

  13. 91:13

    فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا ۝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."

  14. 91:14

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ۝١٤

    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. 91:15

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا ۝١٥

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.