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Surah 91 Meccan 15 verses

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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    وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

    By the sun and its brightness,

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    وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

    and by the moon as it follows it[1],

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    وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

    and by the day as it displays it[1],

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    وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا

    and by the night as it covers it[1],

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    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    and by the sky and how He made it,

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    وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

    and by the earth and how He spread it,

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    وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

    and by the soul and how He fashioned it[1],

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    فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا

    then inspired it [to know] its wickedness and righteousness,

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    قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

    Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,

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    وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

    and he who corrupts it will be doomed.

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    كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ

    Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,

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    إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا

    when the most wretched among them rose[1].

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    فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا

    Although the messenger of Allah warned them, “Hands off the she-camel of Allah and her drink!”

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    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

    Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her[1]. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.

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    وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا

    And He has no fear of the consequences thereof[1].

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Translation: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.20.

Arabic text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. Surah details: Tanzil.net (CC BY 3.0).

This is a translation of the meanings of the Quran. Like any human work, it may contain errors.