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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams

Translation by Mir Aneesuddin — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1

By the sun and its light

Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2

and the moon when it reflects it

Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3

and the day when it unveils it

Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4

and the night when it covers it

Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5

and the sky and Him Who built it

Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6

and the earth and Him Who spread it

Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7

and the soul and Him Who balanced it

Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8

then inspired in it, its transgressions and its guarding (against evils)

Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9

He indeed succeeds who purifies it

Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10

and he indeed fails who buries it

Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11

Thamud denied (the truth) due to their rebellion

Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12

when the most wretched of them broke forth

Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13

The messenger of God told them, “It is the she-camel of God, so let her drink.”

Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14

But they denied him and slaughtered her so their Lord destroyed them due to their sin and thus balanced it (the destruction was equal to their crime)

Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15

And He does not fear its consequence