1
وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا
Sahih International
By the sun and its brightness
The Clear Quran
By the sun and its brightness,
Surah 91
Layered Translations
الشمس
Ash-Shams | The Sun | 15 ayet
Sahih International The Clear Quran
2
وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا
Sahih International
And [by] the moon when it follows it
The Clear Quran
and the moon as it follows it,1
3
وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا
Sahih International
And [by] the day when it displays it1
The Clear Quran
and the day as it unveils it,
4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا
Sahih International
And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it
The Clear Quran
and the night as it conceals it!
5
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا
Sahih International
And [by] the sky and He who constructed it
The Clear Quran
And by heaven and ˹the One˺ Who built it,
6
وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا
Sahih International
And [by] the earth and He who spread it
The Clear Quran
and the earth and ˹the One˺ Who spread it!
7
وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا
Sahih International
And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it1
The Clear Quran
And by the soul and ˹the One˺ Who fashioned it,
8
فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا
Sahih International
And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,
The Clear Quran
then with ˹the knowledge of˺ right and wrong inspired it!
9
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
Sahih International
He has succeeded who purifies it,
The Clear Quran
Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
10
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا
Sahih International
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
The Clear Quran
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
11
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ
Sahih International
Thamūd denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression,
The Clear Quran
Thamûd rejected ˹the truth˺ out of arrogance,
12
إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا
Sahih International
When the most wretched of them was sent forth.1
The Clear Quran
when the most wicked of them was roused ˹to kill the she-camel˺.
13
فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا
Sahih International
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."
The Clear Quran
But the messenger of Allah warned them, “˹Do not disturb˺ Allah’s camel and her ˹turn to˺ drink!”
14
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا
Sahih International
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].
The Clear Quran
Still they defied him and slaughtered her. So their Lord crushed them for their crime, levelling all to the ground.1
15
وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا
Sahih International
And He does not fear the consequence thereof.1
The Clear Quran
He has no fear of consequences.