Ash-Shams

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Ayah91:1#Copy

   وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

   (1) By the sun and its brightness

2. Ayah91:2#Copy

   وَٱلْقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا

   (2) And [by] the moon when it follows it

3. Ayah91:3#Copy

   وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا

   (3) And [by] the day when it displays it[1931]

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   [1931]- The earth. Also interpreted as the sun. The same applies to the following verse.
4. Ayah91:4#Copy

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَىٰهَا

   (4) And [by] the night when it covers [i.e., conceals] it

5. Ayah91:5#Copy

   وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

   (5) And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

6. Ayah91:6#Copy

   وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا

   (6) And [by] the earth and He who spread it

7. Ayah91:7#Copy

   وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

   (7) And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it[1932]

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   [1932]- i.e., balanced and refined it, creating in it sound tendencies and consciousness.
8. Ayah91:8#Copy

   فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَىٰهَا

   (8) And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness,

9. Ayah91:9#Copy

   قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا

   (9) He has succeeded who purifies it,

10. Ayah91:10#Copy

    وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

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