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Surah 91meccan15 ayat

Surah Ash-Shams

Also spelled: Ash Shams, AshShams.
الشمس

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  1. وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
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    By the sun and its brightness

  2. وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
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    And [by] the moon when it follows it

  3. وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
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    And [by] the day when it displays it

  4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا
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    And [by] the night when it covers it

  5. وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
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    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
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    And [by] the earth and He who spread it

  7. وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
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    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  8. فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا
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    And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness

  9. قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
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    He has succeeded who purifies it

  10. وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
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    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption]

  11. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ
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    Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression

  12. إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا
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    When the most wretched of them was sent forth

  13. فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا
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    And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink

  14. فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
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    But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them]

  15. وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
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    And He does not fear the consequence thereof