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ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN)

Total Verses: 15
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

091.001
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;

1. Waalshshamsi waduhaha

091.002
By the Moon as she follows him;

2. Waalqamari itha talaha

091.003
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;

3. Waalnnahari itha jallaha

091.004
By the Night as it conceals it;

4. Waallayli itha yaghshaha

091.005
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;

5. Waalssama-i wama banaha

091.006
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:

6. Waal-ardi wama tahaha

091.007
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;

7. Wanafsin wama sawwaha

091.008
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-

8. Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

091.009
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,

9. Qad aflaha man zakkaha

091.010
And he fails that corrupts it!

10. Waqad khaba man dassaha

091.011
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing,

11. Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha

091.012
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).

12. Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha

091.013
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"

13. Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha

091.014
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!

14. Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha

091.015
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.

15. Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha


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