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Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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91 Ash-Shams ٱلشَّمْس

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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)