سُورَةُ الشمس
91. Ash-Shams
The Sun
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا١
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By the sun and its brightness
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا٢
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And [by] the moon when it follows it
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا٣
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And [by] the day when it displays it1931
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1931The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا٤
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And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا٥
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And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا٦
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And [by] the earth and He who spread it
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وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا٧
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And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1932
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1932i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا٨
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And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا٩
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He has succeeded who purifies it,
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا١٠
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And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ١١
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Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا١٢
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When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1933
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1933To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا١٣
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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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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا١٤
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But they denied him and hamstrung1934 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
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1934And then killed.
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا١٥
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And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1935
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1935Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23.
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