ASH-SHAMS (THE SUN)
Total Verses: 15 Revealed At: MAKKA
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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
091.001
Y: By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
P: By the sun and his brightness,
S: I swear by the sun and its brilliance,
091.002
Y: By the Moon as she follows him;
P: And the moon when she followeth him,
S: And the moon when it follows the sun,
091.003
Y: By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
P: And the day when it revealeth him,
S: And the day when it shows it,
091.004
Y: By the Night as it conceals it;
P: And the night when it enshroudeth him,
S: And the night when it draws a veil over it,
091.005
Y: By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
P: And the heaven and Him Who built it,
S: And the heaven and Him Who made it,
091.006
Y: By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
P: And the earth and Him Who spread it,
S: And the earth and Him Who extended it,
091.007
Y: By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
P: And a soul and Him Who perfected it
S: And the soul and Him Who made it perfect,
091.008
Y: And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;-
P: And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what
is) right for it.
S: Then He inspired it to understand what is right and wrong for it;
091.009
Y: Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
P: He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow,
S: He will indeed be successful who purifies it,
091.010
Y: And he fails that corrupts it!
P: And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
S: And he will indeed fail who corrupts it.
091.011
Y: The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate
wrong-doing,
P: (The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
S: Samood gave the lie (to the truth) in their inordinacy,
091.012
Y: Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
P: When the basest of them broke forth
S: When the most unfortunate of them broke forth with
091.013
Y: But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah!
And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
P: And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let
her drink!
S: So Allah's messenger said to them (Leave alone) Allah's she-camel,
and (give) her (to) drink.
091.014
Y: Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her.
So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and
made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!
P: But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for
their sin and razed (their dwellings).
S: But they called him a liar and slaughtered her, therefore their Lord
crushed them for their sin and levelled them (with the ground).
091.015
Y: And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
P: He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
S: And He fears not its consequence.
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