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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