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Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Surah 91. The Sun (ash-Shams)

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1 The Sun
91:1 ›
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
By the sun and by its brightness
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
91:2 ›
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the moon when it follows the sun (i.e., reflects sunshine)
Waalqamari itha talaha
91:3 ›
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the day when it displays the sun (i.e., brings it forth shining)
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
91:4 ›
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the night when it draws a veil over the sun (from one of the hemispheres of the earth)
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
91:5 ›
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the heaven and by that (energy) which built it (with Allah’s permission in the form of a vast universe)
Waalssama-i wama banaha
91:6 ›
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the earth and by that (force which, by Allah’s command,) pulled it (from the sun far) apart
Waal-ardi wama tahaha
91:7 ›
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And by the human soul and by the One Who provided it with an all-dimensional poise, proportion and perfection
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
91:8 ›
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then He inspired it with (discrimination between) vice and virtue
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
91:9 ›
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Indeed, the one who purifies his (ill-commanding) self (from all vain and vicious desires and cultivates in it virtue and piousness) succeeds
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
91:10 ›
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
But the one who corrupts himself (in sins and suppresses virtue) is doomed indeed
Waqad khaba man dassaha
91:11 ›
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
The people of Thamud rejected (their Messenger Salih) due to their rebellion
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
91:12 ›
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
When the most wretched of them stood up
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
91:13 ›
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Allah’s Messenger said to them: ‘Guard (that) she-camel and (the time of) her taking water.
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
91:14 ›
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
But they rejected the Messenger and hamstrung (the she-camel). So because of their sin, their Lord sent down destruction on them, and levelled (them all in the torment devastating) the town
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
91:15 ›
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And Allah does not fear any repercussions of this (devastation)
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
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Surah Info

Surah
The Sun
Verses
15
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
64

Themes in This Surah

Soul Purification Sun Destruction

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