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Abul Ala Maududi

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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
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
By the sun and its heat and brightness,
91:2 وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
91:2
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the moon as it follows it;
91:3 وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
91:3
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the day as it displays the sun's glory,
91:4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
91:4
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the night as it envelopes the sun;
91:5 وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
91:5
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the sky and by Him Who made it;
91:6 وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
91:6
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the earth and by Him Who stretched it out;
91:7 وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
91:7
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and by the soul and by Him Who perfectly proportioned it,
91:8 فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
91:8
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and imbued it with (the consciousness of) its evil and its piety:
91:9 قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
91:9
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He who purifies it will prosper,
91:10 وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
91:10
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
and he who suppresses it will be ruined.
91:11 كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
91:11
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
In their presumptuous insolence the Thamud called the Truth a lie
91:12 إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
91:12
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
when their arch-criminal rose up in rage.
91:13 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
91:13
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
Then Allah's Messenger warned them: “Hands off the she-camel and her drink!”
91:14 فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
91:14
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
But they rejected his statement as a lie and hamstrung the she-camel. For that crime their Lord rumbled down upon them, utterly razing them to the ground.
91:15 وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
91:15
Abul Ala Maududi (English) :
He has no fear of its sequel.