Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun) 91

Revealed 26th in the Qur'an

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By the sun and its brightness

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And [by] the moon when it follows [the sun]

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And [by] the day when it displays [the sun]

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And [by] the night when it covers [the sun]

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And [by] the heaven and He who constructed it

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And [by] the earth and He who spread it *Isaiah 42:5, *Isaiah 44:24

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And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

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And inspired it [with] its wickedness and its fear [of God],

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He has succeeded who purifies it,

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

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Thamud denied by reason of their transgression,

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When the most wretched of them was sent forth.

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

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

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And He does not fear the consequence thereof.