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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams
Translation by N J Dawood — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1
BY THE sun and his midday brightness
Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2
by the moon, when she rises after him
Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3
by the day, when it reveals his splendour
Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4
by the night, when it veils him
Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5
By the heaven and Him that built it
Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6
by the earth and Him that spread it
Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7
by the soul and Him that moulded it and inspired it
Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8
with knowledge of sin and piety
Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9
blessed shall be he that has kept it pure
Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10
and ruined he that has corrupted it
Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11
In its presumptuous pride Thamūd denied their apostle
Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12
when its arch-sinner rose against him
Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13
God‘s apostle said: ‘This is God‘s own she-camel. Let her drink.‘
Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14
They disbelieved him, and hamstrung her. And for their sin their Lord let loose His scourge upon them and razed their city to the ground
Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15
He did not fear the consequences