Ash-Shams (ٱلشَّمْس)

٩١ - ٱلشَّمْس

91 - Ash-Shams

وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحٰىہَا۝۱۠ۙ
Waalshshamsi waduhaha

English

Ahmed Ali

I CALL TO witness the sun and his early morning splendour,

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وَالْقَمَرِ اِذَا تَلٰىہَا۝۲۠ۙ
Waalqamari itha talaha

English

Ahmed Ali

And the moon as she follows in his wake,

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وَالنَّہَارِ اِذَا جَلّٰىہَا۝۳۠ۙ
Waalnnahari itha jallaha

English

Ahmed Ali

The day when it reveals his radiance,

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وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَغْشٰـىہَا۝۴۠ۙ
Waallayli itha yaghshaha

English

Ahmed Ali

The night when it covers him over,

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وَالسَّمَاۗءِ وَمَا بَنٰىہَا۝۵۠ۙ
Waalssamai wama banaha

English

Ahmed Ali

The heavens and its architecture,

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وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا طَحٰىہَا۝۶۠ۙ
Waalardi wama tahaha

English

Ahmed Ali

The earth and its spreading out,

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وَنَفْسٍ وَّمَا سَوّٰىہَا۝۷۠ۙ
Wanafsin wama sawwaha

English

Ahmed Ali

The soul and how it was integrated

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فَاَلْہَمَہَا فُجُوْرَہَا وَتَقْوٰىہَا۝۸۠ۙ
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha

English

Ahmed Ali

And given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it.

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قَدْ اَفْلَحَ مَنْ زَكّٰىہَا۝۹۠ۙ
Qad aflaha man zakkaha

English

Ahmed Ali

He who nourishes it will surely be successful,

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وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰـىہَا۝۱۰ۭ
Waqad khaba man dassaha

English

Ahmed Ali

And he who confines it will surely come to grief.

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