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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams
Translation by Ahmed Ali — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour
Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2
And the moon as she follows in his wake
Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3
The day when it reveals his radiance
Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4
The night when it covers him over
Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5
The heavens and its architecture
Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6
The earth and its spreading out
Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7
The soul and how it was integrated
Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8
And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it
Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9
He who nourishes it will surely be successful
Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10
And he who confines it will surely come to grief
Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11
The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness
Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12
When among them the great wretch arose
Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13
And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink
Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike
Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15
He does not fear the consequence