Surah ash-Shams (91)

91 : 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا


By the sun and its brightness

91 : 2

وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا


And [by] the moon when it follows it

91 : 3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا


And [by] the day when it displays it

91 : 4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا


And [by] the night when it covers it

91 : 5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا


And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

91 : 6

وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا


And [by] the earth and He who spread it

91 : 7

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا


And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

91 : 8

فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا


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

91 : 9

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا


He has succeeded who purifies it,

91 : 10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا


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

91 : 11

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ


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

91 : 12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا


When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

91 : 13

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَٰهَا


And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink."

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].

91 : 15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا


And He does not fear the consequence thereof.