Ash-Shams

91:1 · page 595

وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and its brightness

91:2 · page 595

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And [by] the moon when it follows it

91:3 · page 595

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And [by] the day when it displays it

91:4 · page 595

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

91:5 · page 595

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

91:6 · page 595

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

91:7 · page 595

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

91:8 · page 595

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

91:9 · page 595

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He has succeeded who purifies it,

91:10 · page 595

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

91:11 · page 595

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

91:12 · page 595

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

91:13 · page 595

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

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."

91:14 · page 595

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

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].

91:15 · page 595

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.