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Ash-Shams (#91)
Arabic
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا wash shamsi waḍuḥāhā By the sun and her forenoon splendour,
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وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا wal qamari idhā talāhā by the moon when he follows her,
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وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا wan nahāri idhā jallāhā by the day when it reveals her,
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا wal layli idhā yaghshāhā by the night when it covers her,
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وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا was samā-i wa mā banāhā by the sky and Him who built it,
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وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا wal-arḍi wa mā ṭaḥāhā by the earth and Him who spread it,
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وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا wanafsin wa mā sawwāhā by the soul and Him who fashioned it,
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فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا fa-alhamahā fujūrahā wataqwāhā and inspired it with [discernment between] its virtues and vices:
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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا qad aflaḥa man zakkāhā one who purifies it is felicitous,
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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا waqad khāba man dassāhā and one who betrays it fails.
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كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِطَغْوَىٰهَآ kadhhabat thamūdu biṭaghwāhā The [people of] Thamud denied [Allah’s signs] out of their rebellion,
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إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشْقَىٰهَا idhin-ba`atha ashqāhā when the most wretched of them rose up.
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فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقْيَـٰهَا faqāla lahum rasūlullāhi nāqatallāhi wasuqyāhā The apostle of Allah had told them, ‘This is Allah’s she-camel, let her drink!’
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا fakadhhabūhu fa`aqarūhā fadamdama `alayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā But they impugned him and hamstrung her. So their Lord took them unawares by night because of their sin, and levelled it.
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وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَـٰهَا walā yakhāfu `uqbāhā And He does not fear its outcome.
