91:1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
By the sun and its brightness
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Surah 91 · Makkan · 15 ayahs
Ash-Shams
الشمس
The Sun
Arabic in the Uthmani script. English translation by Saheeh International. Every ayah below carries its own reference.
What is this surah about?
Scholarly explanation
Name The Surah has been so designated after the word ash-shams with which it opens. Period of Revelation The subject matter and the style show that this Surah too was revealed in the earliest period at Makkah at a stage when opposition to the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) had grown very strong and intense. Theme and Subject Matter Its theme is to distinguish the good from the evil and to warn the people, who were refusing to understand this distinction and insisting on following the evil way, of the evil end. In view of the subject matter, this Surah consists of two parts. The first part consists of vv. 1-10, and the second of vv. 11-15.
Reference · Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Tafhim al-Qur'an — The Meaning of the Quran
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
91:2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
And [by] the moon when it follows it
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91:3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
And [by] the day when it displays it
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91:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
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91:5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
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91:6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
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91:7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it
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91:8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
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91:9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
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91:10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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91:11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
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91:12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.
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91:13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
And the messenger of Allāh [i.e., Ṣāliḥ] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allāh or [prevent her from] her drink."
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91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].
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91:15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.
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Ayah 1 of 15
Recited by Mishari Rashid al-Afasy