Chapter 91: Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun)
91:1
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وَ الشَّمْسِ By the sun
وَ ضُحٰىهَا and his brightness
Verse 1
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
By the sun and his brightness!
91:2
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وَ الْقَمَرِ And the moon
اِذَا تَلٰىهَا when she borrows light from him
Verse 2
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the moon when she borrows light from him!
91:3
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وَ النَّهَارِ And the day
اِذَا جَلّٰىهَا when it exposes it to view
Verse 3
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the day when it exposes it to view!
91:4
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وَ الَّيْلِ And the night
اِذَا يَغْشٰىهَا when it draws a veil over it
Verse 4
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the night when it draws a veil over it!
91:5
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وَ السَّمَآءِ And the heaven
وَ مَا بَنٰىهَا and its make
Verse 5
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the heaven and its make!
91:6
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وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ مَا And the earth
طَحٰىهَا and its extension
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English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the earth and its extension!
91:7
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وَ نَفْسٍ And the soul
وَّ مَا سَوّٰىهَا and its perfection
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English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And the soul and its perfection!—
91:8
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فَاَلْهَمَهَا So He reveals to it
فُجُوْرَهَا its way of evil
وَ تَقْوٰىهَا and its way of good
Verse 8
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
So He reveals to it its way of evil and its way of good;
91:9
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قَدْ اَفْلَحَ He is indeed successful
مَنْ زَكّٰىهَا who causes it to grow
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English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
He is indeed successful who causes it to grow,
91:10
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وَ قَدْ خَابَ And he indeed fails
مَنْ دَسّٰىهَا who buries it.
Verse 10
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
And he indeed fails who buries it.
91:11
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كَذَّبَتْ Rejected (the truth)
ثَمُوْدُ Thamud
بِطَغْوٰىهَاۤ in their inordinacy
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English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Thamud rejected (the truth) in their inordinacy,
91:12
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اِذِ انْۢبَعَثَ When the basest of them
اَشْقٰىهَا broke forth with mischief
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English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
When the basest of them broke forth with mischief —
91:13
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ So said to them
رَسُوْلُ اللّٰهِ the messenger of Allah:
نَاقَةَ اللّٰهِ (Leave alone) Allah’s she-camel,
وَ سُقْيٰهَا and (give) her (to) drink.
Verse 13
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
So Allah’s messenger said to them: (Leave alone) Allah’s she-camel, and (give) her (to) drink.
91:14
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فَكَذَّبُوْهُ But they called him a liar
فَعَقَرُوْهَا١ۙ and slaughtered her.
فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ So their Lord destroyed them
بِذَنْۢبِهِمْ for their sin
فَسَوّٰىهَا and levelled them (with the ground)
Verse 14
English Translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
But they called him a liar and slaughtered her. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground);
91:15
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وَ لَا يَخَافُ And He fears not
عُقْبٰهَا its consequence
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