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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