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Wahiduddin Khan

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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
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
By the sun and its rising brightness
91:2 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
and by the moon as it follows it,
91:3 وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
and by the day as it reveals its glory
91:4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
and by the night when it draws a veil over it,
91:5 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
by the sky and how He built it
91:6 وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
and by the earth and how He spread it,
91:7 وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
by the soul and how He formed it,
91:8 فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
then inspired it to understand what was right and wrong for it.
91:9 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
He who purifies it will indeed be successful,
91:10 وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
and he who corrupts it is sure to fail.
91:11 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
The Thamud tribe rejected the truth because of their arrogance,
91:12 إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
when the most wicked man among them rose up.
91:13 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
91:13
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
Then the messenger of God said to them, "This is God's she-camel. Let her drink."
91:14 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
91:14
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
But they gave him the lie, and hamstrung the she-camel. So their Lord destroyed them for their crime and razed their city to the ground.
91:15 وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
91:15
Wahiduddin Khan (English) :
He did not fear the consequences.