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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams

Translation by Edward Henry Palmer — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1

By the sun and its noonday brightness

Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2

And the moon when it follows him

Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3

And the day when it displays him

Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4

And the night when it covers him

Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5

And the heaven and what built it

Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6

And the earth and what spread it

Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7

And the soul and what fashioned it, and taught it

Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8

its sin and its piety

Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9

Prosperous is he who purifies it

Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10

And disappointed is he who corrupts it

Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11

Thamud called the apostle a liar in their outrage

Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12

when their wretch rose up

Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13

and the apostle of God said to them, God's she-camel! so give her to drink

Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14

But they called him a liar, and they ham-strung her; but their Lord destroyed them in their sins, and served them all alike

Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15

and He fears not the result thereof