| | Muhammad Asad rendition of Surah The Sun(ash-Shams)
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| 91:1 | | CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness |
| 91:1 | | CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness |
| 91:2 | | and the moon as it reflects the sun |
| 91:2 | | and the moon as it reflects the sun |
| 91:3 | | Consider the day as it reveals the world |
| 91:3 | | Consider the day as it reveals the world |
| 91:4 | | and the night as it veils it darkly |
| 91:4 | | and the night as it veils it darkly |
| 91:5 | | Consider the sky and its wondrous make |
| 91:5 | | Consider the sky and its wondrous make |
| 91:6 | | and the earth and all its expanse |
| 91:6 | | and the earth and all its expanse |
| 91:7 | | Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be |
| 91:7 | | Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be |
| 91:8 | | and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God |
| 91:8 | | and how it is imbued with moral failings as well as with consciousness of God |
| 91:9 | | To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity |
| 91:9 | | To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity |
| 91:10 | | and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness] |
| 91:10 | | and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness] |
| 91:11 | | TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud |
| 91:11 | | TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud |
| 91:12 | | when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed] |
| 91:12 | | when that most hapless wretch from among them rushed forward [to commit his evil deed] |
| 91:13 | | although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" |
| 91:13 | | although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" |
| 91:14 | | But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike |
| 91:14 | | But they gave him the lie, and cruelly slaughtered her - whereupon their Sustainer visited them with utter destruction for this their sin, destroying them all alike |
| 91:15 | | for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them |
| 91:15 | | for none [of them] had any fear of what might befall them |
