91. Ash-Shams

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 91:1

   وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

   By the sun and its brightness

2. 91:2

   وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

   And [by] the moon when it follows it

3. 91:3

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

   And [by] the day when it displays it

4. 91:4

   وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

   And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

5. 91:5

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

   And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6. 91:6

   وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

   And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7. 91:7

   وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

   And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

8. 91:8

   فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

   And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

9. 91:9

   قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

   He has succeeded who purifies it,

10. 91:10

    وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

    And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

11. 91:11

    كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

    Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

12. 91:12

    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

    When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

13. 91:13

    فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

    And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."

14. 91:14

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

    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. 91:15

    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.