Surah Ash-Shams
سُورَةُ الشَّمْسِ
Chapter 91 • 15 verses • The Sun
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
1. By the sun and its brightness
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
2. And [by] the moon when it follows it
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
3. And [by] the day when it displays it
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
4. And [by] the night when it covers it
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
5. And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
6. And [by] the earth and He who spread it
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وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
7. And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
8. And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
9. He has succeeded who purifies it
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
10. And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
11. Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
12. When the most wretched of them was sent forth
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
13. And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, “[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink.”
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
14. 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].
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
15. And He does not fear the consequence thereof.