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Amatul Rahman Omar

Surah 91. The Sun (ash-Shams)

15 verses Meccan
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1 The Sun
91:1 ›
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
I call to witness the sun and its light and heat
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
91:2 ›
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the moon when it borrows light from it (- the sun)
Waalqamari itha talaha
91:3 ›
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the day when it reveals its (- the sun's) glory
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
91:4 ›
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the night when it draws a veil over it
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
91:5 ›
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the heaven and That (Great Omnifice Divinity) Who made it
Waalssama-i wama banaha
91:6 ›
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the earth and That (Great Being) Who expanded it
Waal-ardi wama tahaha
91:7 ›
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And the (human) soul and That (Mighty Lord) Who made it perfect
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
91:8 ›
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
Then He revealed to it (- the soul, the ways of) its evil and its righteousness
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
91:9 ›
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
(All these are cited to witness that) one who purifies it (- his soul), certainly succeeds
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
91:10 ›
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And he indeed is ruined who corrupts it
Waqad khaba man dassaha
91:11 ›
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
(The tribe of) Thamud belied (Salih,) because of their rebelliousness
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
91:12 ›
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
(It was) when the wretched-most among them arose
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
91:13 ›
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
And Allah's Messenger said to them, `(Do not interfere with) the she-camel (- a symbol appointed by the command) of Allah and (do not obstruct) her (from) watering.
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
91:14 ›
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
Amatul Rahman Omar
But they belied (and disobeyed) him and hamstrung her. Then their Lord destroyed them completely for their sin, so much so that He leveled them (all to the ground)
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
91:15 ›
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
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And He did not care at all for their end (as to what an utterly miserable state they were reduced)
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
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Surah
The Sun
Verses
15
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
64

Themes in This Surah

Soul Purification Sun Destruction

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