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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams
Translation by Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition — 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
Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3
and the day as it unveils it
Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4
and the night as it conceals it
Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it
Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it
Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it
Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it
Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul
Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10
and doomed is the one who corrupts it
Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance
Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺
Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground
Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15
He has no fear of consequences