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Surah 91 employs the sun's radiance as a cosmic witness to human accountability, contrasting the divine order of creation with the moral decay of those who deny the afterlife.
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King James Version (1611)
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By the sun and its brightness 2And [by] the moon when it follows it 3And [by] the day when it displays it 4And [by] the night when it covers it 5And [by] the sky and He who constructed it 6And [by] the earth and He who spread it 7And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it 8And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness 9He has succeeded who purifies itPurity of Heart 10And he has failed who instills it [with corruption] 11Thamud denied [their prophet] by reason of their transgression 12When the most wretched of them was sent forth 13And the messenger of Allah [Salih] said to them, "[Do not harm] the she-camel of Allah or [prevent her from] her drink 14But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them] 15And He does not fear the consequence thereof
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1وَٱلشَّمۡسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا 2وَٱلۡقَمَرِ إِذَا تَلَىٰهَا 3وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذَا جَلَّىٰهَا 4وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَغۡشَىٰهَا 5وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا 6وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا طَحَىٰهَا 7وَنَفۡسٖ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا 8فَأَلۡهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقۡوَىٰهَا 9قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا 10وَقَدۡ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا 11كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِطَغۡوَىٰهَآ 12إِذِ ٱنۢبَعَثَ أَشۡقَىٰهَا 13فَقَالَ لَهُمۡ رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ نَاقَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَسُقۡيَٰهَا 14فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمۡدَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمۡ فَسَوَّىٰهَا 15وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقۡبَٰهَا
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