91:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Wash shamsi wa duhaa haa
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness,
QUR’AN · SURAH 91
Ash-Shams
The Sun · undefined verses · Meccan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Wal qamari izaa talaa haa
and the moon as it reflects the sun!
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Wannahaari izaa jallaa haa
Consider the day as it reveals the world,
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Wallaili izaa yaghshaa haa
and the night as it veils it darkly!
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Wassamaaa'i wa maa banaahaa
Consider the sky and its wondrous make,
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Wal ardi wa maa tahaahaa
and the earth and all its expanse!
91:7
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Wa nafsinw wa maa sawwaahaa
Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be,
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Fa-alhamahaa fujoorahaa wa taqwaahaa
and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God!
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Qad aflaha man zakkaahaa
To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity,
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Wa qad khaaba man dassaahaa
and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness].
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Kazzabat Samoodu bi taghwaahaaa
TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud,
91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Izim ba'asa ashqaahaa
when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed],
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
Faqaala lahum Rasoolul laahi naaqatal laahi wa suqiyaahaa
although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!"
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Fakazzaboohu fa'aqaroohaa fadamdama 'alaihim Rabbuhum bizambihim fasaw waahaa
But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike:
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
Wa laa yakhaafu'uqbaahaa
for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them.
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Qur’an 91:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness,
Qur’an 91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
and the moon as it reflects the sun!
Qur’an 91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Consider the day as it reveals the world,
Qur’an 91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
and the night as it veils it darkly!
Qur’an 91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Consider the sky and its wondrous make,
Qur’an 91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
and the earth and all its expanse!
Qur’an 91:7
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be,
Qur’an 91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God!
Qur’an 91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity,
Qur’an 91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness].
Qur’an 91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud,
Qur’an 91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed],
Qur’an 91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا
although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!"
Qur’an 91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike:
Qur’an 91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا
for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them.