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Mustafa Khattab 2018

Surah 91. The Sun (ash-Shams)

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1 The Sun
91:1 ›
وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
By the sun and its brightness,
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
91:2 ›
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
and the moon as it follows it,
Waalqamari itha talaha
91:3 ›
وَالنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
and the day as it unveils it,
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
91:4 ›
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
and the night as it conceals it!
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
91:5 ›
وَالسَّمَاءِ وَمَا بَنَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
Waalssama-i wama banaha
91:6 ›
وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
Waal-ardi wama tahaha
91:7 ›
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
91:8 ›
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
91:9 ›
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
91:10 ›
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
Waqad khaba man dassaha
91:11 ›
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
91:12 ›
إِذِ انبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
91:13 ›
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَاقَةَ اللَّهِ وَسُقْيَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
91:14 ›
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسَوَّاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
91:15 ›
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَاهَا
Mustafa Khattab 2018
He has no fear of consequences.
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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