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Muhammad Ibrahim
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الشمس

Ash-Shams

The Sun

91:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

By the sun and his brightness

91:2

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

And the moon when she followeth him

91:3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

And the day when it revealeth him

91:4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

And the night when it enshroudeth him

91:5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

And the heaven and Him Who built it

91:6

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

And the earth and Him Who spread it

91:7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

And a soul and Him Who perfected it

91:8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it

91:9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

He is indeed successful who causeth it to grow

91:10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it

91:11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride

91:12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

When the basest of them broke forth

91:13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink

91:14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings)

91:15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

He dreadeth not the sequel (of events)

Arabic text (Uthmani, Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim): Tanzil Project, tanzil.net, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. English translation: "The Meaning of the Glorious Koran", Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930 (public domain).

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Audio: Mishary Al-Afasy, courtesy of everyayah.com.

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