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English - Chapter 91 - Ash-Shams

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Verse 1 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:1

By the Sun and its radiance

Verse 2 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:2

and the moon as it trails after it

Verse 3 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:3

and daylight which shines resplendent from it

Verse 4 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:4

and night when it covers things up

Verse 5 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:5

and the sky and whatever built it

Verse 6 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:6

and the earth and what has stretched it out

Verse 7 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:7

and any soul and whatever has fashioned it

Verse 8 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:8

and filled it with both its debauchery and its sense of duty

Verse 9 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:9

Anyone who purifies himself will prosper

Verse 10 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:10

while whoever neglects to do so will be disappointed

Verse 11 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:11

Thamud rejected it through their arrogance

Verse 12 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:12

when their meanest wretch was delegated

Verse 13 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:13

and God´s messenger told them: "[Here is) God´s she-camel; give her its day to drink

Verse 14 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:14

They rejected him and mistreated her, so their Lord snarled at them because of their offence and leveled things off

Verse 15 — Surah Ash-Shams 91:15

He does not fear its outcome