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وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا1
(1) By the sun and its brightness
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سورة الشمس
Surah 91 · Meccan · 15 verses
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وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا2
(2) And [by] the moon when it follows it
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وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا3
(3) And [by] the day when it displays it[1931]
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[1931]- The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.
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[1931]- The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا4
(4) And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
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وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا5
(5) And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
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وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا6
(6) And [by] the earth and He who spread it
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وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا7
(7) And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it[1932]
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[1932]- i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.
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[1932]- i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا8
(8) And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا9
(9) He has succeeded who purifies it,
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسَّاهَا10
(10) And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا11
(11) Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
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إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا12
(12) When the most wretched of them was sent forth.[1933]
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[1933]- To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.
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[1933]- To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا13
(13) And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِذَنْبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا14
(14) But they denied him and hamstrung[1934] her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
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[1934]- And then killed.
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[1934]- And then killed.
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا15
(15) And He does not fear the consequence thereof.[1935]
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[1935]- Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23
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[1935]- Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23