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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams
Translation by Ali Unal — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1
By the sun and its brightness
Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2
And the moon as it follows it (reflecting its light)
Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3
And the day as it reveals it (the sun)
Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4
And the night as it enshrouds it
Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5
And the heaven and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has built it
Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6
And the earth and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has spread it
Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7
And the human selfhood and that (All-Knowing, All-Powerful, and All-Wise One) Who has formed it to perfection
Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8
And Who has inspired it with the conscience of what is wrong and bad for it and what is right and good for it
Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9
He is indeed prosperous who has grown it in purity (away from self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10
And he is indeed lost who has corrupted it (in self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11
The (tribe of) Thamud denied (the Divine Message and their Messenger, and displayed their denial) in their arrogant rebellion
Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12
(Especially) when (finally) the most wicked among them (instigated by his people) rushed forward
Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13
The Messenger of God (Salih) said (warning them, and reminding them again of the terms of their pledge): "It is the she-camel of God, and observe her turn in drinking
Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14
But they denied him and slaughtered her, and so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them (with the ground)
Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15
And He (being the All-Knowing and All-Powerful and All-Just) does not fear the outcome (of events)