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Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
Transliteration
Wahiduddin Khan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
91:1
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2
By the Moon as she follows him; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4
By the Night as it conceals it; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right;- - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9
Truly he succeeds that purifies it, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10
And he fails that corrupts it! - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong-doing, - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety). - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
91:13
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She-camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!" - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
91:14
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)! - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
91:15
And for Him is no fear of its consequences. - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)