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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams
Translation by Maududi — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1
By the sun and its heat and brightness
Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2
and by the moon as it follows it
Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3
and by the day as it displays the sun´s glory
Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4
and by the night as it envelopes the sun
Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5
and by the sky and by Him Who made it
Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6
and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out
Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7
and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it
Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8
and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety
Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9
He who purifies it will prosper
Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10
and he who suppresses it will be ruined
Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11
In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie
Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12
when their arch-criminal rose up in rage
Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13
Then Allah´s Messenger warned them: "Hands off the she-camel and her drink
Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14
But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground
Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15
He has no fear of its sequel