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سورة الشمسSurah Ash-Shams · The Sun

Meccan15 ayahsPage 595Juz 30

Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

91:1

وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا ١

By the sun and its brightness,

91:2

وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا ٢

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

Tafsir Notes

[1] i.e., appears after the sun disappears.

91:3

وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا ٣

and by the day as it displays it[2],

Tafsir Notes

[2] i.e., the earth or the sun.

91:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا ٤

and by the night as it covers it[3],

Tafsir Notes

[3] i.e., the earth or the sun.

91:5

وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا ٥

and by the sky and how He made it,

91:6

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا ٦

and by the earth and how He spread it,

91:7

وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ٧

and by the soul and how He fashioned it[4],

Tafsir Notes

[4] By sound natural disposition.

91:8

فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا ٨

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

91:9

قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩

Indeed, he who purifies his soul will attain success,

91:10

وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠

and he who corrupts it will be doomed.

91:11

كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ ١١

Thamūd rejected [the messenger] because of their transgression,

91:12

إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا ١٢

when the most wretched among them rose[5].

Tafsir Notes

[5] To kill the camel that Allah sent as a miracle to them.

91:13

فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا ١٣

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

91:14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا ١٤

Yet they rejected him and hamstrung her[6]. So their Lord destroyed them for their sin and leveled them to the ground.

Tafsir Notes

[6] And then killed her.

91:15

وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا ١٥

And He has no fear of the consequences thereof[7].

Tafsir Notes

[7] Allah is not asked for what He does, but His slaves will be asked. See 21:23

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