IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah ash-Shams - The Sun as rendered by Ali Ünal
91:1
By the sun and its brightness
91:2
And the moon as it follows it (reflecting its light)
91:3
And the day as it reveals it (the sun)
91:4
And the night as it enshrouds it
91:5
And the heaven and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has built it
91:6
And the earth and that (All-Magnificent One) Who has spread it
91:7
And the human selfhood and that (All-Knowing, All-Powerful, and All-Wise One) Who has formed it to perfection
91:8
And Who has inspired it with the conscience of what is wrong and bad for it and what is right and good for it
91:9
He is indeed prosperous who has grown it in purity (away from self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
91:10
And he is indeed lost who has corrupted it (in self-aggrandizing rebellion against God)
91:11
The (tribe of) Thamud denied (the Divine Message and their Messenger, and displayed their denial) in their arrogant rebellion
91:12
(Especially) when (finally) the most wicked among them (instigated by his people) rushed forward
91:13
The Messenger of God (Salih) said (warning them, and reminding them again of the terms of their pledge): "It is the she-camel of God, and observe her turn in drinking."
91:14
But they denied him and slaughtered her, and so their Lord crushed them for their sin, and leveled them (with the ground)
91:15
And He (being the All-Knowing and All-Powerful and All-Just) does not fear the outcome (of events)
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