91 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,
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سُورَةُ الشَّمۡسِ
Ash-Shams · 15 verses
91 : 2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
And the moon as she follows in his wake,
91 : 3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
The day when it reveals his radiance,
91 : 4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
The night when it covers him over,
91 : 5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
The heavens and its architecture,
91 : 6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
The earth and its spreading out,
91 : 7
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
The soul and how it was integrated
91 : 8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.
91 : 9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
He who nourishes it will surely be successful,
91 : 10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
And he who confines it will surely come to grief.
91 : 11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Ahmed Ali
The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness
91 : 12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
When among them the great wretch arose,
91 : 13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink."
91 : 14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.
91 : 15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
Ahmed Ali
He does not fear the consequence.