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Ash-Shams

الشمس

أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ
O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the accursed Satan
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
I start with the name of ALLAH, very beneficient and merciful.
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

۝

91:1

By the sun and its brightness

Tafseer
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

۝

91:2

And [by] the moon when it follows it

Tafseer
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

۝

91:3

And [by] the day when it displays it1 Footnote - 1 The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.

Tafseer
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

۝

91:4

And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

Tafseer
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

۝

91:5

And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

Tafseer
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

۝

91:6

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

Tafseer
وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

۝

91:7

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1 Footnote - 1 i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.

Tafseer
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

۝

91:8

And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

Tafseer
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

۝

91:9

He has succeeded who purifies it,

Tafseer
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

۝

91:10

And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].

Tafseer
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ

۝

91:11

Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,

Tafseer
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا

۝

91:12

When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1 Footnote - 1 To hamstring the she-camel which had been sent by Allāh as a sign to them.

Tafseer
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا

۝

91:13

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."

Tafseer
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

۝

91:14

But they denied him and hamstrung1 her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].

Tafseer
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا

۝

91:15

And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1 Footnote - 1 Allāh is not asked about what He does, but His servants will be asked. See 21:23

Tafseer