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Ahmed 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
Ahmed Ali (English) :
I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,
91:2 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the moon as she follows in his wake,
91:3 وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The day when it reveals his radiance,
91:4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The night when it covers him over,
91:5 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The heavens and its architecture,
91:6 وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The earth and its spreading out,
91:7 وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The soul and how it was integrated
91:8 فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.
91:9 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He who nourishes it will surely be successful,
91:10 وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And he who confines it will surely come to grief.
91:11 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The Thamud denied (the truth) in their perverseness
91:12 إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
When among them the great wretch arose,
91:13 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
91:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the apostle of God had to tell them: "This is God's she-camel, let her drink."
91:14 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
91:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But they called him a liar and hamstrung her. So God obliterated them for their crime, and (destroyed) all of them alike.
91:15 وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
91:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He does not fear the consequence.